The Sika Experience

After a fantastic weekends in Paris, in Monday afternoon we paid a visit to the famous automotive museum in Mulhouse – a city in the very east of France. There we had opportunities to see all kinds of automotives which the history ranging from the beginning of 20th century to nowadays. The brands include Citroen，renault, bugatti,Mercedes-Benz，fiat，etc.In Tuesday morning we arrived at the PSA((Peugeot/Citroen)) production plant in Mulhouse, where we went through the Stamp-Shop, Thrim-Shop and Body Shop manufacturing lines and we could see the Sika baffle and adhisive products being used for reinforcement and windscreen bonding. In the stamping shop, up to 2 tons tool is employed to creat different shapes of car body components. The production capacity of this manufacturing line turns out to be about 300,000 cars per year. Then in the afternoon, we had a visit in Sika Capaflex plant in Düdingen where the general manufacturing process of adhesives and an entirely new and “only one in the world” production line (without request for semiproduct) were shown. The last day in Sika experience is fantastic. We (Mrs. Daniela and us two) had a great time on the Titlis mountain, though the weather was a little bit too foggy to really see something :-)

This 10 days trip was an unforgettable experience ever in my life, I learned a lot from all these technical presentations, visits to production plants and very patient explanations from Sika colleagues, I met interesting people and had pleasant conversations with them, I got chances to be in different countries and experience diverse cultures. Big big thank to Daniela who organized everything very well, to Simon and his wife who gave us a great company in Munich, to Pascal and Patrick who conducted a very nice guide for us in PSA plant in Mulhouse, to Nicolae who showed us the extruder operation and plus delicious Italian pizzas, to Dominik who arranged the selection process, and to all other Sika colleagues involved in this activity ! And also a big thank you to Sompol from whom I learned a lot and with whom I had lots of fun !