Sika has won two awards in the 2015 Automotive News PACE (Premier Automotive Suppliers’ Contribution to Excellence) Award recently taking place in Detroit, Michigan. The renowned award competition for automotive suppliers honor game-changing innovations in product, manufacturing process and information technology.

Sika was a product innovation award winner for its Sikaflex Ultra-High Modulus Adhesive (UHM) and also took home an Innovation Partnership Award through its collaboration with BMW.

Sikaflex UHM is a high modulus, fast cure adhesive material currently used to bond the CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic) Life Module to the aluminum chassis Drive Module on the BMW i3 and i8. The innovative adhesive meets the growing demand in mixed material bonding and is ideally suited for structural bonding performance.

Based on Sika’s patented i-Cure technology, Sikaflex UHM also reduces the carbon
footprint in vehicle manufacturing. The innovation allows BMW to radically change the way the i3 is manufactured, away from conventional technique, and eliminates the complexity of traditional body shop welding.


The PACE Award committee also honored BMW and Sika with the Innovation Partnership Award. The panel reviewed the collaborative efforts of all 36 PACE Finalists with their respective OEMs and it recognized BMW for its unique high level of collaborative behavior with Sika in the development of BMW i3.