SWX:SIKAChemicals
How Sika’s “Fast Forward” Automation and Digitalization Drive At Sika (SWX:SIKA) Has Changed Its Investment Story
In late 2025, Sika AG launched its “Fast Forward” investment and efficiency program, committing CHF 80–100 million in one-off 2025 costs and CHF 120–150 million in digitalization capex through 2028, while also opening a new fully automated plant in Palmira, Colombia to lift local capacity by up to a very large amount.
The company aims to unlock CHF 150–200 million in annual cost savings from 2028 by reshaping its global production network and fully digitalizing its value chain, including a...