Sika Automotive Names Paul Meunchen Group Leader for Automotive Application Engineering Group

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., Oct. 12, 2004 -- Sika Automotive has announced that Paul Meunchen will join their Automotive Application Engineering group as a Group Leader. In this role, Paul will be responsible for managing all of the design, validation and testing activities for the General Motors customer group. He will work closely with sales, marketing, and Sika's Grandview MO launch and manufacturing teams to achieve program objectives. Jerry Fitzgerald, VP - Application Engineering made the announcement.

Paul comes to Sika from Lear Corporation where he was a Senior Design Engineer. Prior to his employment with Lear, Paul worked for Collins & Aikman in a variety of engineering positions and for Carlon Telecom Systems where he was a Senior Product Development Engineer. Paul has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Design from the University of Cincinnati, as well as multiple credits towards an MBA from Xavier University.

Sika Automotive, based in Madison Heights, MI, a division of Sika Corporation, is an industry leader in the development and production of high performance acoustic, bonding, reinforcing and sealing systems. Sika Automotive provides automobile manufacturers with proven material, application engineering and validation expertise to improve interior sound quality and structural performance in vehicles worldwide. Sika Automotive optimizes cost effective, complete solutions in its dedicated, state of the art, Acoustic Test Facility, located in Madison Heights, MI. Visit the Sika Automotive website http://www.sikaautomotive.com/ .

Sika Corporation is a leading supplier of specialty chemical products and industrial materials serving construction and industrial markets including transportation, marine, and automotive. Sika Corporation is a subsidiary of Sika AG, Baar, Switzerland. Sika has annual sales of approximately US $1.8 billion (CHF 2.3 billion), over 8,500 employees and operations in 66 countries. Visit the Sika website at http://www.sika.com/ .