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The future of cars is light

The automotive industry is heading down an exciting path towards electrification and driverless, autonomous transport. While manufacturers are working hard on battery technology and high-tech electric motors, it comes to nought if the car weighs the proverbial tonne. There’s no way to disguise the fact that electric cars are heavy due to battery packs that weigh between 350kg and 500kg. Read more about how to tackle this challenge and further key trends of the car of the future. ‏(Gulf News)

Press Releases & Media Contact

5 May, 2022,

Düsseldorf / Germany

Exceptionally challenging business environment

Henkel delivers significant organic sales growth in the first quarter

Group sales increase organically by +7.1 percent to around 5.3 billion euros; nominal +6.1 percent:
- Adhesive Technologies generates double-digit organic sales growth of +10.7 percent; nominal +11.6 percent
- Beauty Care with slightly negative organic sales development of -1.2 percent; nominal -3.5 percent, due to implementation of planned portfolio measures
- Laundry & Home Care records very strong organic sales growth of +4.9 percent; nominal +2.2 percent
Emerging markets with double-digit sales growth, mature markets with strong growth
Merger of Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care business units into integrated multi-category platform Henkel Consumer Brands:
- Strengthening growth momentum and margin profile in the consumer business
- Significant synergies: around 500 million euros gross savings targeted in the mid term
- First phase of measures to be implemented by the end of 2023: around 250 million euros annualized net savings expected, around 2,000 jobs affected worldwide
- Portfolio measures for businesses with total annual sales of up to 1 billion euros under review
Outlook for fiscal 2022 updated on April 29
Clear commitment to mid- to long-term financial ambition

29 Apr, 2022,

Düsseldorf / Germany

Henkel publishes sales performance in the first quarter based on preliminary figures

Henkel achieves significant organic sales growth in the first quarter and updates full-year guidance for 2022

Group sales increase organically by +7.1 percent to around 5.3 billion euros
- Adhesive Technologies: double-digit organic growth of +10.7 percent
- Beauty Care: slight organic decline of -1.2 percent
- Laundry & Home Care: very strong organic growth of +4.9 percent
Updated outlook for fiscal 2022 – extraordinarily strong rising costs for direct materials & logistics and significant effects from the exit of business activities in Russia and Belarus expected
- Organic sales growth: +3.5 to +5.5 percent
- Adjusted return on sales ‏(EBIT margin)*: between 9.0 and 11.0 percent
- Adjusted earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)* at constant exchange rates: decline in the range from -35 to -15 percent