CORPORATE INFORMATION
Welcome to the SIKORA world
SIKORA AG, with its headquarters in Bremen, Germany was founded on November 11th, 1973 by Harald Sikora and represents one of the world’s leading manufacturer of measurement, control and test equipment for the wire and cable industry today. With more than 165 employees world-wide and an estimated consolidated turnover of 36 million euros in 2008 SIKORA represents an innovative and superior technology venture that enjoys excellent international reputation.
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Our success story
The company’s success story started in the early 1970s when Harald Sikora developed a non-contact position sensor, the so called "sag control" for CCV lines. This specific technology enables to sense the position of cable inside the CV-tube where power cables are cured on a non-contact basis. The innovative product gained immediate success and became the standard system for CV-lines. Even today the sensor is known as “the SIKORA” around the world.
Some years later SIKORA made use of early CCD linear sensors for diameter measurement. Although this technology was relatively unknown at that time it offered the basis for reliable repeatable measurements by looking at the diameter of a wire or cable during production.
In the early 1990s SIKORA once again provided unique solutions to the cable industry. The first X-RAY 8000 was delivered to one of SIKORA’s customers to measure the multiple wall thickness of a high-voltage power cable directly after the extruder crosshead in the CV-tube. Due to its high quality, precision and reliability in the application X-RAY 8000 satisfied all customer demands and rapidly became an industrial standard.
Most recently, SIKORA took the success of the X-RAY 8000 to the next generation in the X-RAY 2000 system designed for wire and cable jacketing and insulating lines. This system has met the industry’s need for a precise measuring of wall thickness not yet seen with alternative technologies.
On September 12th, 2002 the company evolved into SIKORA AG with many benefits. The most important being the establishment of a supervisory board that allows for the company to assure its success for the future. Since then the medium-sized company has expanded rapidly and has set up local regional offices in the USA, Brazil, China, Russia, Korea, India, Italy and the Ukraine. These offices, working in conjunction with more than 30 regional representative agencies ensure global customer support.
Our mission
Our mission is to offer a measurement and control technology most convenient to the customer’s and market’s demands. The SIKORA product line is specifically developed for the energy, communication, automotive, building and optical fiber industry. In 2003 SIKORA also gained ground in the hose and tube sector where SIKORA benefits from its extensive measuring experience in the wire and cable industry. Our company complies with the latest Quality Management System requirements in accordance with ISO 9001 that ensures highest product quality and customer satisfaction.
Our basis
Our success is based on experience gained in manufacturing on-line cable measuring systems and research and development providing a continuous improvement of our technology. SIKORA constantly invests in future developments and spends 10% of its annual turnover for research & development to remain on a highly competitive level. Our committed employees in the different functional areas stand for a tradition of know how, innovation, market leadership and profitability. Depend on SIKORA and experience perfection in measurement devices.
