Dallas, TX – We met with Sika’s Michael Bruyninckx to learn about Sika’s subfloor preparation and wood floor adhesives products. At Southern Wood Flooring and Supply in Dallas, Texas contractors are constantly coming in to stock up on supplies. Michael understands what the wood floor contractors are looking for and has several demonstrations prepared to show the capabilities of Sika Interior Finishing products. “I’ll have to try it” – customer in reference to Sikabond-T21 Michael will often ask contractors how they protect against moisture. Some test for moisture regularly and others have no idea what he’s talking about. Michael recommends the Sika Primer MB, which can handle residual moisture at up to 100 percent relative humidity. The moisture barrier is an important component in a wood floor system, especially when residual moisture can be present. Michael has display samples made six years ago that have blue liquid in contact with the Primer MB. Even after six years, the primer retains a perfect moisture barrier, indicating the accuracy of the 100 percent relative humidity protection.

“I use that all the time” – customer in reference to Sikabond-T21 If the contractor is looking for a stable adhesive residue, Michael will recommend the Sika Level SkimCoat. This one-component product can easily repair/reprofile concrete or can be applied directly over Sika Primer MB. One contractor paid earnest attention as Michael bent and flexed a board with the Sika Level SkimCoat without forming cracks. “I love that Sika stuff” – smart customer Michael also demonstrated the application of Sikabond-T21 over the Sika Level SkimCoat. Sikabond-T21, ideal for engineered wooden boards, is an all-in-one (low permeability, sound reducing, vapor retarding, crack bridging) wood floor bonding agent. One contractor troweled the adhesive himself and declared that it was easy to use. Another promised that he would try it out in an upcoming project. Check out this video of Michael’s demonstration: Sika USA’s InstagramView More Photos on Instagram! Sika AG is a specialty chemical company headquartered in Baar, Switzerland and manufactures and supplies products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing and protecting in the building sector and the motor vehicle industry.

Sika was founded in 1910 when Kaspar Winkler laid the cornerstone for the firm. Winkler worked himself up from poverty to become a successful entrepreneur, and by the 1920s he was already engaged in founding subsidiaries abroad. Today the company has more than 17,000 employees, subsidiaries in 94 countries, and an annual sales turnover of CHF 5.49 billion (2015).Owens Plank Floor Cost Besides the brand Sika, more than 600 product brands are in use including Sikaflex®, SikaTack®, Sika ViscoCrete®, SikaBond®, Sikafloor®, Sika CarboDur® Sikagard®, Sika MaxTack®, Sikaplan®, Sikament®, Sikadur®, SikaLastic®, SikaRoof® MTC, Sika Unitherm® and Sika Sarnafil®. House For Sale Inlaw Suite OttawaSika AG is the legal entity for the holding company, which includes the Sika organisations worldwide, Sika Technology AG (Research and Development) and Sika Services AG (Corporate functions supporting all organizations worldwide).Outdoor Furniture Nicholasville Ky

Products & application fields [1] Sika’s product range includes concrete admixtures, concrete repair & protection systems, specialty mortars, grouting and anchoring systems, sealants and adhesives, damping and reinforcing materials, structural strengthening systems, steel corrosion protection systems, flooring and wall coating systems, fire protection systems as well as roofing and waterproofing systems. Waterproofing incorporates either the infiltration of water into structures or the escape of water out of structures. Waterproofing solutions are used for basements, tunnels, water-retaining structures, bridge decks and other types of civil infrastructure. Sika's product range includes watertight concrete and mortar and waterproofing membranes. One of Sika's main market segments are admixtures and additives for the concrete industry. Concrete admixtures include water reducers, set retarders, accelerators, durability enhancers, mold release agents, curing compounds and surface retarders.

Main application fields are bridges and buildings. Concrete admixtures are used for shotcrete, self-leveling concrete, precast concrete, ready-mix concrete or the water reduction in concrete. Additives are used for the gypsum fabrication and specialty mortars and as Plasticizers for concrete recycling. Sika is a supplier of roofing membranes and coatings. Roof coatings are mainly used for flat roofs including green roofs, light-reflective cool roofs, solar roofs[5] or roof decks. Roof membranes consist of TPO or PVC. Sika supplies flooring products based on epoxy, polyurethane, cement and hybrids. Main application fields are floors in production, processing, logistic and storage facilities, cleanrooms, car parks and floors with ESD protection. Coatings are used for tank linings, water treatment facilities, Fire protection and corrosion protection for steel structures. Sealing and bonding has the aim to reduce the infiltration of gases and liquids through Voids, Cavities, transmission, Spread or loss of heat.

Adhesive solutions are an alternative to technologies such as bolting, riveting and welding. Sika's sealing and bonding solutions are used for building envelopes, floor joints, wood floor bonding and interior finishings in kitchen and bathrooms. In the market field refurbishment Sika supplies products for concrete protection and repair solutions such as repair mortars, protective coatings, structural strengthening, tiling, anchoring and hydrophobic impregnation. Sika supplies products for the automotive market, for example custom solutions for automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and suppliers (OES) and windscreen adhesives for the automotive aftermarket, for improved safe drive away time (SDAT). Sealing and bonding products are also used for commercial vehicles (e.g. buses), shipbuilding, facades, fenestration manufacturing and for renewable energies (e.g. bonding solutions for wind mill blades and solar panels). In the automotive aftermarket Sika is global market leader for windscreen adhesives in windscreen replacement applications.

[8] From the beginning highest safety for the car owners as well as simple to use systems were the key factors that made Sika successful. Sika has done more than 60 car crash tests to verify the safety of the system.[9] In addition to this Sika is also offering a wide range of products for collision repair and provides solutions to applications such as seam sealing, sprayable sealing, underbody coating, stone chip protection, gasketing, structural bonding etc. Sika aftermarket products are available under the brand names of Sikaflex, SikaTack and SikaTitan for polyurethane adhesives and sealants, Sikasil for gasketing, SikaGard for protective coatings and SikaPower for structural repair solutions. Jan Jenisch is Sika's CEO ^ [1] Annual Report, 2011 ^ [2] Target Market Waterproofing ^ [3] Target Market Concrete ^ [4] Target Market Roofing ^ [5] Optimistic Outlook in the Solar Thermal Energy Sector ^ [6] Flat Roofing Market Report - UK 2013-2017 Analysis