Sika Automotive Presents Innovations at Preview Days of NAIAS

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., Jan. 2, 2007 -- Sika Corporation will hold an invitation only luncheon, hosted by Thomas Hasler, Senior Vice President, Automotive Division to present "Sika Innovations 2007" to key automotive customers during the North American International Auto Show Industry Preview Days. The event, which is being held at the Atheneum Hotel, International Banquet and Conference Center, on January 10, will highlight Sika's new automotive acoustic, bonding, reinforcing and sealing technologies.

Sika Innovations will feature special guest speaker, Dr. David E. Cole, Chairman of the Center for Automotive Research, presenting "Future Automotive World; Round or Flat?" Phil Weber, Director of Technical Services, Sika Automotive, will present "Implementing Future Technologies in Today's Vehicles."

"In an ever changing automotive environment where safety, vehicle weight reduction, improved fuel economy and a desire to meet or exceed consumer expectations is paramount, an event such as Sika Innovations allows us to showcase our current product development in an effort to aid our valued OEM customers in attaining these goals and to demonstrate that we can partner with them on a global basis," said Hasler.

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 automotive 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, Technology Center, 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, Barr, Switzerland. Sika has annual sales of approximately US $2.4 billion (CHF 3.0 billion), over 10,000 employees and operations in 70 countries. Visit the Sika website at http://www.sika.com/.