Sika purchases the world-wide business of additives for the concrete and additives of molienda of cement of the Group Italcementi, that is present in the market under the mark Axim. Axim Has roughly 150 employees and through six legal entities manages several plants and available organisations in Italy, France, USA, Canada, Morocco and Spain. In the 2010, Axim obtained some sales proforma of roughly 75 million frank Swiss (61 million euros). Axim Has a history of around 30 years of experience in the sector and offers a wide and innovative range of additives for the concrete, additives for the molienda of the cement and skilled chemical products that increase the performance of the cement and the concrete, as well as they improve the efficiency in the manufacture of the cement.
“This agreement”, declares Giovanni Ferrario, COO of the Group Italcementi, “will allow to the Group capitalise the value of this business. It is more, it will expand the relation between Italcementi and Sika improving the reputation of both companies like innovative in the sectors of the concrete and of the cement.”
This acquisition allows to Sika reinforce significantly his position in the market in notable countries. In words of Ernst Baertschi, CEO of Sika: “This is an important step in the process of expansion of the quota of market of the business of the additives to world-wide level”.