The Sika Experience

Last Tuesday, we had the opportrunity to visit one of our customer’s plant. The great about that, is the possibility to see where our Sika’s products are applied. We were able to see the assembly of SikaBaffle parts directly on the BIW (Body In White) steels. Later on, we saw different adhesive applications (Sikaflex). With this experience you somehow ended your trip along the Sika’s supply chain (from the raw material preparation in Widen to the end product at the customer). A big thank you to Patrick, who coordinated and organised that visit.

Hello Sompol, hello Yoabo,

the number of experience mentioned in your blog posts is amazing. You started you contact with Sika Automotive with some very theoretical approaches (CAD, CAE…), followed with touching some chemical backgrounds of our Automotive products (material preparation) and looking to produce some of our prototype parts. Since Thursday, you are now following the supply chain of our Baffle/Reinforcer parts from our production location to the Automotive customer assembly lines. At the end of your trip in the Sika Automotive world you will have a very brought view on what can be done with our products. 

I read that you had a good time in Munich. At the moment your are enjoying some time in Paris (in my home country). I hope this will be a good experience too. I will meet you tomorrow in Elsass (one of the regions of France) and we will join a visit at PSA (Peugeot-Citroen).

See you tomorrow on your way back to Switzerland.

Pascal

Dear Yaobo and dear Sompol,

I was not able to join on the day of your first contact with Sika on Monday, but I see that everything started well for you and that the days are full of experience for you two. It is very interesting to read how all the different activities are going on for you.  You already produced some parts and made applications with our Sika produts. This is certainly the best way to undertand how all of that is functioning and used in the modern Automotive world.

And I do not forgot the cultural part of your journey in Switzerland. Beside the visits, you have enjoyed some cooking specialities of Switzerland and broader Europe. That is really exiting too.  I had the opportunity to join you on a very special meal evening (Fondue) and it was very enjoyable to see people eating that “only hot cheese” menue for the first time! The evening was great and it is a pleasure to know you and bit more now.

Have a nice trip in the Sika world and in contact with some of our customers in the next days! And see you soon.

Pascal