FEATURED CASE STUDY
Sika serves new Fuddruckers restaurant with fresh ideas for kitchen flooring
Being new construction, owner Dal-Tex Restaurant Management, Inc. was able to specify the exact materials it required for the building to ensure the best dining experience for its patrons. Of course, hygiene and durability were important, too, so when it came to a flooring system for its new 1,425 square foot kitchen, Dal-Tex chose Sikafloor® PurCem® urethane cement, cove mortar and coating from Sika Industrial Flooring.
LIBRARY OF SIKA INDUSTRIAL FLOORING CASE STUDIES
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Caterpillar
Another 48 Hours: Caterpillar's Engine Test Facility Required Tight Scheduling
The floor was in the heart of Caterpillar's engine test cell and interruptions to production would need to be kept to a minimum. 10,000 square feet of concrete needed to be prepped and coated in four phases of only 48 hours each.
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Sanmina-SCI
The Renovation of the 400,000+ square foot Sanmina-SCI Contract Manufacturing Facility
Sanmina-SCI, a leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider of electronic products, needed to adhere to strict electrostatic environments in order to protect the sensitive products they were contracted to manufacture. In addition to contract work, Sanmina also fulfills government-authorized work and is required to meet strict governmental specifications. The company has a recognized electrostatic discharge (ESD) control program as well as comprehensive ISO certifications.
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Patrick Henry High School
Sikafloor Solutions for Patrick Henry High School's Athletic Facility
An expansion of Patrick Henry High School's athletic facility was needed to accommodate the school's growing student body and athletic program. Located in Roanoke, VA, there were 37 rooms and 4 corridors totaling 11,100 square feet of flooring that needed attention.
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Bagel Boy
The bagel, the baker, the better floor maker.
Bagel Boy, a private label bagel bakery in Massachusetts, produces several of the leading bagel brands across the nation. To keep pace with their output of 200,000 bagels a day, the company relocated to a larger, newly built facility. Prior to the move, however, Bagel Boy realized they had a problem with their floor.
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Russo Power
They sold landscaping equipment. But they still needed help dealing with their own growth.
Russo Power had become one of the largest wholesale distributors of lawn and garden equipment, with warehouses spreading all around Chicago. Russo consolidated everything into an old manufacturing facility with a lot of character. For a company that appreciates well-tended grounds—inside or out, the current floor was not acceptable.
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Foothills Brewing
Problems Underfoot at Foothills
Foothills Brewing in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is a micro brewery and restaurant that purchased an older building that offered ample seating space, a 1,300-square-foot kitchen, and room to expand the brewing business. Renovations went well—until they got to the floor.
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Modena Fire Company
The Modena Fire Company Can Handle Rescues; What They Could Not Rescue Was Their Engine Bay Floor
In a 90 year old building, with concrete floors from the 60's rests the heart of the Modena Fire Company's rescue apparatus. Knowing their future depended on a solid foundation and secure quarters, the company decided to renovate the building and make it withstand the punishment their challenging work environment presented. One of the biggest challenges of the renovation was the engine bay floor.
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Lear Corp.
If they were going to increase production, they couldn't just sit there.
As the largest interior automotive supplier, Lear Corp. was manufacturing 1,600 seats a day for Chrysler vehicles. The floor became a big part of the full-scale upgrade. Especially since there was over 80,000 square feet of it.
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Parker Hannifin
All Hands On Deck...
Having been surfaced with a coating that was too thin for their industrial environment, holes, chipping and delaminating (peeling) had occurred in Parker Hannifin's hose manufacturing facility. The floor interfered with movement of pallets and heavy crates. The team quickly set out to solve Parker's floor problem.






