Sika (Baar, Switzerland; www.sika.com) expands its production and innovation capabilities in Europe by commissioning a new plant and technical center for concrete admixtures in Ham, Belgium. With this new site, Sika will strengthen its customer proximity in the Benelux region, shorten the delivery distance and offer more attractive customer service and comprehensive technical local support.
In addition to the expanded production capacity at the highly automated plant, Sika will enhance its local technology, innovation, and specialist application expertise. The new state-of-the-art laboratories, facilitate comprehensive product and application testing, enabling the rapid development of innovative solutions for ready-mix and precast concrete customers.
The new production facility and technical center will drive the development of a broad portfolio of value-adding solutions, shorten go-to-market development times, and create more flexible, demand-driven production of concrete admixtures. These investments will support customers in the production of more sustainable concrete solutions, faster response and shorter delivery times which will help customers to reach their increasingly ambitious CO₂ reduction targets.
The Ham site strengthens Sika’s European production network, adding substantial capacity and supporting a more efficient cross-border supply chain beyond the Benelux region.