Sika Corporation is gearing up for a major expansion at its Sealy manufacturing campus in Austin County, putting more than $90 million into a new production line for PVC single ply commercial roofing membranes. State officials say the project is expected to bring 60 new jobs to the area. Governor Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that the expansion qualifies under the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology and Innovation (JETI) program, and local leaders are calling it a clear win for Sealy's economy.
Governor @GregAbbott_TX announced an expansion by Sika as a qualified project under the Texas JETI program.
— Governor Abbott Press Office (@GovAbbottPress) February 25, 2026
Sika will expand its manufacturing operations in Austin County, creating 60 jobs & representing more than $90 million in capital investment. pic.twitter.com/o4Nh5BbCow
State outlines incentives and scope
According to a press release from the Office of the Texas Governor, the Sealy project has been certified as a JETI qualified expansion and is backed by a Texas Enterprise Fund grant of $519,000, plus a $7,000 bonus tied to veteran created jobs. State materials put Sika's investment at more than $90 million and confirm the creation of 60 jobs. The governor's office framed the move as a way to strengthen Sika’s access to markets across the southern and western United States through the new roofing membrane line at the Sealy site.
Company and officials respond
In the governor's social post on X, Sika Corporation USA President and CEO Jim Walther said the investment "strengthens Sika's ability to deliver innovative and sustainable construction solutions to our valued customers." Local officials including Sealy Mayor Carolyn Cerny Bilski, Austin County Judge Tim Lapham and Sealy Economic Development & Tourism Executive Director Bill Atkinson were quoted praising Sika's roughly decade long partnership with the city and the expected boost in employment. Those remarks appeared in the governor's announcement on X and in the state release.
Sika's footprint and national push
Sika already operates in Sealy and expanded polymer production there in 2023, according to a company media release, a step the firm said was aimed at meeting rising domestic demand for concrete additives. The company has also pointed to broader capacity growth in recent months as part of a global manufacturing build out, per Sika's corporate announcements. Company leaders say the latest Sealy expansion fits into a strategy of shortening supply chains and more directly serving growth markets across the western and southern United States.
JETI and the state's playbook
The JETI program and the Texas Enterprise Fund are state tools used to attract large capital projects and job commitments, and have featured in other high profile expansions such as Bell Textron's Fort Worth facility, covered in a major Fort Worth aerospace expansion. State materials emphasize that TEF awards are performance based and tied to specific job and investment benchmarks. With Sika's project on the books, local partners in Sealy will work on workforce alignment, permitting and infrastructure support as the expansion moves ahead.
What to watch next
Officials did not release a public construction timeline in the initial rollout, so the next milestones to watch will be permit filings, hiring schedules and any updated statements from Sika on when production is expected to start. For now, the expansion reads as another vote of confidence in Texas' pitch to global manufacturers and in Sealy's emergence as a regional production hub.
