Digital concrete technologies strengthen future strategy
Sika hat den weltweiten Umsatz im ersten Halbjahr 2025 in Lokalwährungen steigern können. Gleichzeitig gewann die Gruppe für Spezialitätenchemie in allen Regionen Marktanteile hinzu. Das Betriebsergebnis wurde vom schwachen Dollar belastet.
Sika generated global sales totalling 5.68 billion Swiss francs in the first half of 2025. Year-on-year growth of 1.6 per cent in local currencies was thus achieved, the speciality chemicals group for construction and industry reported in a press release. Organic growth was reported at 0.6 per cent, while the remaining 1.0 per cent growth was generated through acquisitions. In Swiss francs, sales were 2.7 per cent lower than in the same period of the previous year, mainly due to the weaker dollar.
The operating result at EBITDA level was also impacted by foreign currency effects. At CHF 1.07 billion, it was 2.1 per cent below the previous year’s figure. However, the EBITDA margin increased from 18.7 to 18.9 per cent.
“In a challenging market environment, we once again succeeded in growing above the industry trend and gaining further market share,” said Sika CEO Thomas Halser in the press release. He believes the Group is particularly well positioned in the project and infrastructure sector. “With more than 1,000 data centres built with our technologies to date and a strong project pipeline”, Sika has also “established itself as a preferred partner for technology leaders”.
In the semester under review, Sika acquired a total of four companies and inaugurated seven new plants. The targeted investments are intended to strengthen the Group’s future growth. In the press release, Sika cites the minority stake acquired in Giatec Scientific in June as a strategically important step. The company from Ottawa in the Canadian province of Ontario specialises in digital concrete technologies.