Watertight Expansion Joints and Construction Sealants by EMSEAL

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Sika Emseal President Accepting MA Manufacturing Award

Sika Emseal Named 2025 Manufacturer of the Year

Westborough, MA – October 2025 – Sika Emseal, a proud Massachusetts manufacturer of pre-compressed sealants and expansion joint systems, has been named a 2025 Manufacturer of the Year by the Massachusetts Legislative Manufacturing Caucus. The award was presented by Representative Kate Donaghue (D-Westborough) and Representative Hannah Kane (R-Shrewsbury)…

Expansion Joint Patents: US Patent And Trademark Badge

US Patent Office Continues to Recognize EMSEAL Expansion Joint Innovation

Update November 6, 2025: On October 7, 2025 US Patent 12,435,506 B2 issued. This patent broadens coverage on Sika Emseal’s expansion joint sealing systems to include safer, dustless methods for installation, replacement, and retrofit across a wide range of structural substrates and joint types, including fire-, water-, and…

Expansion Joint Manufacturer Sika Emseal Expands, Again

Sika Emseal Expands, Again

New Manufacturing Plant, Training Facility, and Wabo® Product Integration at 23 Bridle Lane December 2024 — Sika Emseal, a leader in commercial expansion joint and fire-rated sealant solutions, has announced the addition of a new expansion joint manufacturing plant located at 23 Bridle Lane in Westborough, MA. This…

ISO 9001 Certification for Quality Management - Sika Emseal Expansion Joint and Sealants Manufacturing

Sika Emseal Manufacturing Plant Achieves ISO 9001

In its ongoing commitment to quality in manufacturing, distribution, and design, Sika Emseal is proud to announce achievement of ISO certification for 9001:2015 standard for quality management. “ISO certification is external validation of the practices on which we have always run the Emseal plant,” comments Bill Witherspoon, Emseal’s…

EMSEAL Rocks Earth Day 2019

Everyday at EMSEAL we ask our employees to be the best that each person can be. Whether it’s remedying a construction problem, maintaining strong customer relationships, or  making sure that the best product gets to where it needs to be — when it needs to be there. With…

Expansion Joint website from EMSEAL

Expansion Joint Tools and News—What’s new at www.emseal.com

EMSEAL is devoted to keeping the information on our expansion joint products and their many applications relevant, easy to access, and up to date. We are constantly uploading new content and files to accommodate any question you might have about our company and line of seismic, fire-rated, or…

Expansion Joint Manufacturer EMSEAL Expands

EMSEAL Expands

Move into 156,000 SF Plant will meet Growing Global Expansion Joint Demand EMSEAL Expands. But you already knew that. EMSEAL’s self-expanding, non-invasively anchored, watertight expansion joint systems have been expanding to fill building expansion joints for decades. In response to global demand for 360-degree building envelope sealing solutions…

Peter Hensley in his workshop working on SJS samples

At 87, Peter Hensley Still Inspires

Design efficiency, exacting assembly, graciousness and continuous improvement are among living legacy. “How’s your father?” is among the most asked, non-technical questions during our SWRI Validated Expansion Joint Training sessions at EMSEAL. More than 500 of you—architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, distributors, independent reps and owners—have come through this…

Sealant Waterproofing Restoration Institute Spends 5-Minutes with Lester Hensley

EMSEAL and SWR Institute This article appeared first in the Winter 2015, issue 37.1, of “Applicator”, the publication of the Sealant Waterproofing Restoration Institute (SWR Institute) and is reprinted with their permission.  Through technical education, alliances, networking and fellowship, the SWR Institute seeks to raise the bar in the…

Bridge Expansion Joint System, BEJS, selected for 2014 AASHTO Innovation Initiative

The AASHTO Innovation Initiative advances innovation from the grassroots up: by agencies, for agencies, peer-to-peer. The program actively seeks out proven advancements in transportation technology, investing time and money to accelerate their adoption by agencies nationwide. Each year, the program selects highly valuable technologies, processes, software, or other innovations that have…