
2010 Global Automotive Adhesives & Sealants Competitive Strategy Leadership Award

Sika AG won Recognition of Best-in-Class Innovators for its Global Automotive Adhesives & Sealants Competitive Strategy Leadership.
“Based on the findings of the Best Practices research team, Frost & Sullivan is proud to present the ‘2010 Global Automotive Adhesives & Sealants Competitive Strategy Leadership Award ,’to Sika Group (Sika)”.
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best in class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company's Growth Partnership Service provides the CEO and the CEO's Growth Team with disciplined research and best practice models to drive the generation, evaluation and implementation of powerful growth strategies.
Sika joined in attendance at the 2010 European Growth, Innovation and Leadership (GIL) Congress in London last week which took place at the ever impressive Emirates Stadium, well known as home stadium Football Club of Arsenal. Sika was also in attendance at the 2010 Growth Excellence Awards Banquet which took place at the prestigious “Diamond Club” at the Emirates stadium on May 19, 2010. This was indeed a great evening, full of elegance, positive energy and good spirits. The Frost & Sullivan selection of the location for their GIL event and awards banquet – Emirates Football Stadium – in the year of FIFA World Cup Championship in South Africa, was noted as an ideal choice.
All participants were well guided trough the Awards Banquet evening ceremony. Bruno Fritsche, Head of BU Industry, thankfully received the Frost & Sullivan Award Plaque on behalf of Sika AG. In the short speech Bruno dedicated the Award to our Sika team made up of Automotive OEM Management, Marketing and R&D. We are very proud of the Award especially having experienced several very tough Automotive years in the past. Sika Management believe and support the Automotive team in all important actions and activities. Success is solely the result of the hard work. Bruno has mentioned in his speech that Sika AG has it’s 100th anniversary with slogan “Innovation & Consistency since 1910”. One reason more for us to celebrate!
As part of the awards ceremony, photographers were taken of all representatives of the awarded companies. Bruno Fritsche, Andi Finkenzeller, Jan Olaf Schulenburg and myself, once more as a team, really enjoyed the Frost & Sullivan Awards Ceremony and the recognition for our efforts in the in the Global Automotive Adhesives & Sealants market.
Sika Corporate Marketing will prepare powerful package in order to promote Automotive Adhesive & Sealants success in the best manner. The Sika promotional package will be ready in June 2010 and available for all Sika subsidiaries.