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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)…
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ–As the Meadowlands prepares itself for its biggest day in football—Superbowl XLVIII—one thing is for sure—the stadium expansion joints are ready. In the same way that the Meadowlands ushered in the era of billion dollar stadiums, it also marked a watershed in the structural expansion joint…
Expansion joint design is critical to the success and performance of any project. That’s why we offer Design, Specification, and Detail Review to help architects, engineers, and contractors achieve watertight, fire-rated, and durable expansion joints in buildings. By focusing on proper detailing and linking joint systems to project…
Update April 17, 2025: On October 4, 2022 US Patent 11,459,748 issued. This patent broadens coverage on Sika Emseal’s fire-rated tunnel expansion joint systems. Update December 14, 2021: On November 23, 2021 US Patent 11,180,995 issued. This patent broadens coverage on Sika Emseal’s fire-rated tunnel expansion joint systems. Update…
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…
Swimming pools, fountains, water parks and water features pose a real challenge in joint sealing. Durability in chlorinated or salinated water, combined with hydrostatic head pressure make these applications particularly troublesome. Sika Emseal has been simulated continuous head pressure immersion with various pre-compressed sealant configurations and sealant chemistries.…
Sika Expansion Joints companies Emseal Joint Systems, Ltd and Watson Bowman Acme Corp have updated their product portfolio and sales initiatives to focus on specific market sectors. Emseal will continue the sales of Emseal branded Architectural systems, as well as Wabo® branded Commercial, Parking, and Stadium systems. Watson…
Rough expansion joint substrates are actually very common. We were contacted recently about rough limestone and its suitability as a substrate for an expansion joint. It’s a great question because so many of the old technologies — compression seal, strip seal, closed-cell foam — would have left this building…
Sika Emseal’s SWRI-Validated Expansion Joint Training program has been popular among architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, distributors and representatives worldwide. This educational, hands-on installation training program is AIA-registered and offers 8 HSW learning units upon completion. Topics to be covered include: history, design, technology failure analysis, safety, and quality…
Expansion joint products for sealing the building envelope and interior, whether it’s the roof transitioning to walls and decks into below grade as well as structural interior joints, are now available from a single source – Sika Expansion Joints. The expansion joint sealant brands of Sika Emseal and…