Sika extends sites in Africa
Sika has moved into a new site in the East African country of Tanzania and is now locally producing mortars in addition to concrete admixtures. The company has likewise increased the size of its plant in Western Africa’s Ivory Coast with new warehousing capacities and offices, as well as to laboratories and additional manufacturing facilities.
According to the company, the significant expansion of production and warehousing zones at the Dar es Salaam and Abidjan plants marks another important milestone in the implementation of Sika’s growth strategy on the African continent. As Sika points out, the primary growth drivers are increasing industrialisation, rapid population growth, and a strong shift toward urbanisation accompanied by significant needs in terms of infrastructure.
Expansion in production
The recent expansion in production in Tanzania allows Sika to now supply customers with locally produced mortars and tile adhesives in addition to concrete admixtures. The site extension in Ivory Coast will allow the company to double production capacities in tile adhesives and repair mortars while simultaneously increasing warehousing capacities. Sika also intends to supply the neighboring countries of Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Mali, and Sierra Leone from the site in Abidjan.
Ivo Schaedler, Regional Manager EMEA: “With Sika subsidiaries in 18 African countries and 22 plants on the continent, we are investing in the long term and sending a strong signal in terms of our commitment to sustainable business activities in the region. In our two expanded sites, we are producing high-value solutions used in major infrastructure projects. Examples of such projects are the Metro project and port expansion in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan as well as the Standard Gauge Railway and the Julius Nyerere hydropower station in Tanzania.”
