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Illustration of Sika Purform® polyurethane technology close up spirals
  • Joint Sealing
  • Polyurethane Floor

REACH Safety Training for Using Diisocyanates

The European Union has established new laws for the use of products containing more than 0.1% of monomeric diisocyanates, including polyurethane products such as adhesives, sealants, coatings, or injections used in industrial production or construction. Here you can access the required PU training and find alternative products available in Sika's product range.
Person applying Sika Purform grey polyurethane sealant on stone surface
  • Polyurethanes
  • Joint Sealing
  • Sealant
  • Adhesive

Are Polyurethanes Safe to Use?

Polyurethanes are used to make consumer goods like mattresses, sponges, textiles, and shoe soles as well as many other products. Although polyurethane products are composed of polyols and diisocyanates, they no longer contain monomeric diisocyanate once fully reacted and cured.
Close up view of bitumen membrane applied on roof at parapet
  • Bituminous Membrane
  • Waterproofing
  • Roofing
  • Bituminous Membrane

How to Choose or Specify the Correct Bitumen Membrane

Whether you're an architect, roofing applicator or anyone involved in selecting the right bituminous roofing, it's hard to know where to begin.
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Safe and hygienic surface in food and beverage production plants
  • Industrial Flooring
  • Flooring
  • Factory
  • Sikafloor®
  • Article
  • Owner

Why Durable Floors Matter in Food & Beverage Plants

A durable floor is one that lasts a long time, remains functional, and resists deterioration or loss of performance. Durable floors begin with quality materials, good design and sound workmanship. What matters most to ensuring durability in floors, especially in food and beverage factories?
Sika roof protection concept poster with illustrations
  • Roof Repair
  • Roofing

How to Protect Roof Membranes During and After Construction

Roofers face multiple problems on site today. 80% of failed roofs and leaks are caused by non-roofers. Therefore, it is a main priority to protect the roofer’s craftmanship from traffic on the rooftop during the total building phase, during construction and beyond.
Application of Shotcrete with Sigunit accelerator
  • Cement Admixture
  • Concrete
  • Shotcrete

Sprayed Concrete

Successful sprayed concrete requires the combination of many aspects of modern concrete technology especially concrete admixture chemistry, together with modern materials handling technology. The increasing demands for cost-effectiveness and the protection of health and the environment mean that sprayed concrete has been in continuous development. Thanks to more than one hundred years of experience, expert knowledge and a focus on performance and economy, Sika is able to provide the newest generation of sprayed concrete solutions.
Screed evaluation method: Cross-hatch testing for surface strength
  • Flooring
  • Article

Screed Evaluation Methods

A prerequisite for a sustainable and beautiful wood floor is a strong and dry screed. Therefore this screed has to be carefully accessed. The first source of information is the architect, engineer, or main contractor who will have all of the information about the build-up and nature of the floor. The second source is the screed contractor who can provide the screed details and if appropriate, any subfloor heating protocols. If, as so often in renovation projects most of this information is not available, there are a few simple methods that can be used to evaluate the screed.
Hydrophobic impregnation for protection of concrete structures
  • Concrete
  • Concrete Admixture
  • Watertight Concrete

Watertight Concrete System

Waterproof concrete is an impermeable concrete used for long-lasting, durable watertight construction. To improve the impermeability of the concrete, water-resisting admixtures can be added. Nevertheless, design and construction of a watertight concrete structure is a system approach, and waterproof concrete is only one element of it. Water impermeability is determined by fulfilling requirements to limit water permeability through the concrete itself, the joints, installation parts and cracks.
Industrial floor coating with Sikafloor system for clean room areas
  • Industrial Flooring
  • Flooring
  • Factory
  • Article
  • Owner

Cleanroom Measurement Technology for Floors & Walls

There are a lot of things that different industries have learned from one another over time. One example is the food and beverage industry and what it has learned from pharmaceuticals, particularly how they conduct research and run production operations.
Worker white boots power washing floor with hose in food industry
  • Industrial Flooring
  • Flooring
  • Factory
  • Article
  • Owner

Keeping Floors Clean & Food Safe

Hein A. Timmerman, Global Sector Specialist Food Care at Sealed Air and EHEDG* Board Member, comments on protocols and procedures for keeping floors in food and beverage plants as sanitary and safe as possible.
Recycling crushed concrete
  • Concrete Admixture
  • Sustainability
  • Concrete

reCO₂ver Concrete Recycling

Sika has succeeded in developing a highly efficient process to separate and reuse components of demolished concrete and increase the recycled aggregates' quality. The old concrete is broken down into individual parts - aggregates, sand, and fine powdered material - in a simple process which also binds a significant amount of CO2.
Seamless Floor Hospital
  • Flooring
  • Healthcare
  • Article
  • Architect

Hygienically Sealed Details & Joints in Floors

Joints and junctions are the weakest parts of floors in industrial environments. They are exposed to similar stresses as the floor itself, but also must accommodate possible movement in the structure or between building components. It is ideal to provide surfaces with hygienic, jointless connections.
Butterfly on textured concrete wall
  • Concrete Admixture
  • Cement Admixture
  • Sustainable Technology

How to Make Concrete More Sustainable

Concrete is in many ways an ideal building material – locally available, cheap, perfect composite material when combined with steel and highly durable and easy-to-work-with when used with Sika products. However, it is not so perfect ecologically - it is the second most used substance on earth after water consuming many resources. Its most important ingredient, cement, is responsible for roughly 8% of global CO₂ emissions, whereby production is an energy intensive process.
Workers applying wood floor adhesives
  • Adhesive
  • Construction Adhesive
  • Flooring
  • Article

The Science Behind Wood Floor Adhesives

The task of wood floor adhesives is to firmly bond the organic wood floor elements to the generally inorganic screed. The adhesive must hold the wood in place, connect it to the underlying screed and transfer stress originating from the natural expansion and contraction of the wood to the generally rigid screed. The undesired but natural movement of the wood can become visible in cupping, joint formation, or in extreme situations failure of the adhesive or screed.
The evaporation of cement additives dosed on hot clinker
  • Cement Admixture
  • SikaGrind®

Addressing the Unwanted Impacts of Grinding Aids

Grinding aids and strength enhancers are well known for their ability to increase cement mill productivity, and the mechanical strength of mortar and concrete. However, little information is available on the potential drawbacks of their usage. To close the gap, Sika Services addresses the possible impacts on health and safety and the environment, and on cement properties in production and use.
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