Press Release: SIKA ESTABLISHES NEW, STRONG REGION AMERICAS - NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA REGIONS MERGED

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The Board of Directors of Sika has decided to set up a new, strong

region Americas. The aim is to create a more efficient supply chain and

benefit from larger purchasing volumes in the closely intertwined

regions of North and Latin America. This change will take effect as of

March 1, 2018.

The new region will be headed by Christoph Ganz, currently Regional

Manager North America. José Luis Vazquez, the present Regional

Manager Latin America, will leave Group Management from March 1, 2018.

He will remain in the company to support the new structure and further

development of the region. José Luis Vazquez has led Latin America

for many years, and the region has shown exceptional performance under

his leadership. The Board of Directors wishes to thank José Luis

Vazquez for his excellent work and for his many years of service as a

member of Group Management.

Paul Schuler, CEO: "This change is a further step towards making the

company even more efficient and gearing activities towards growth with a

clear customer focus. I have no doubt that, with our new structure and

the experienced Group Management team, we will strengthen the

implementation of our strategic targets 2020."

CONTACT

Dominik Slappnig

Corporate Communications &

Investor Relations

+41 58 436 68 21

slappnig.dominik@ch.sika.com

SIKA CORPORATE PROFILE

Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the

development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing,

damping, reinforcing and protecting in the building sector and

automotive industry. Sika has subsidiaries in 99 countries around the

world and manufactures in over 200 factories. Its more than 17,000

employees generated annual sales of CHF 5.75 billion in 2016.

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Source: Sika AG via Globenewswire

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Sika AG

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