In the fiscal year 2025, the company reported sales of about 20.5 billion euros and an operating profit of around 3.0 billion euros (adjusted for one-time gains/charges and restructuring charges).
Company Profile
Henkel operates globally with a well-balanced and diversified portfolio. The company holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses through its two business units, thanks to strong brands, innovations and technologies. Founded in 1876, Henkel looks back on 150 years of success. Henkel’s preferred shares are listed in the German stock index DAX. The DAX-40 company has its headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany. Henkel employs around 47,000 people worldwide, more than 80 percent of whom work outside of Germany. As a recognized leader in sustainability, Henkel holds top positions in many international ratings and rankings.
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Henkel in India
Henkel in India operates in two business areas: Henkel Adhesive Technologies and Henkel Consumer Brands, through the Hair category. It has two legal entities in the country: Henkel Adhesives Technologies India Private Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Henkel) and Henkel Anand India Private Limited (a joint venture company of Henkel and Anand Group).
Headquartered in Navi Mumbai, Henkel in India is supported by a strong and integrated ecosystem. Its Adhesive Technologies footprint includes four
manufacturing sites, two innovation/product development centers, an adhesives service center, a customer experience center, a flexible packaging academy, two adhesive application centers serving the footwear and electronics industries respectively, Its Consumer Brands business is anchored by five Schwarzkopf Professional academies, across the country. Further enhancing Henkel’s innovation ecosystem is its Global Technology Center, designed to implement innovations quickly and build future-oriented digital competencies at Henkel. It employs over 1,300 employees across these sites.
Henkel is the name behind many well-known brands such as Loctite, Bonderite, Technomelt, Teroson, Aquence, and Schwarzkopf. The company offers a multitude of applications and services to satisfy the needs of different customers.
In India, our Adhesive Technologies business is a leading producer of adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings. We are curious and passionate experts with deep market and application knowledge who are prepared to handle any challenge and develop a solution that is smart and sustainable. We enable the transformation of entire industries, giving our customers a competitive advantage and offering consumers a unique experience. With trusted brands and high-impact solutions based on an unmatched technology portfolio we are creating value for all our stakeholders.
Our consumer brands business strengthens its presence through Schwarzkopf Professional, a leading professional brand that inspires, educates and empowers hairdressers and in the Retail segment via Schwarzkopf Colour Specialist, Simply Colour, Root Retouch and Taft. We play a key role in the lives of our consumers by giving them the confidence of beautiful hair through our brands. Operating across categories of color, care, styling and form, we strive to drive innovations in our retail and professional businesses. Our brands are committed to high performance, quality, sustainability, and safety.
Corporate culture
Our company purpose expresses what unites us all at Henkel: Pioneers at heart for the good of generations. We are a diverse team of around 47,000 colleagues worldwide, striving to enrich and improve life every day through our products, services, and solutions. Our Purpose is built from our roots and carries a long-standing legacy of innovation, responsibility, and sustainability into the future. Our shared values and Leadership Commitments guide our decisions and actions every day.
Strategic Framework
At Henkel, we shape our future guided by a long-term strategic framework based on our purpose and our values.
This framework will help us to win the 20s for Henkel with a clear focus on purposeful growth. This means creating superior customer and consumer value to outgrow our markets, reinforcing our leadership in sustainability and enabling our employees to grow, professionally and personally, through their work at Henkel.
The main elements of our strategic framework are a winning portfolio, competitive edge in the areas of innovation, sustainability and digitalization as well as future-ready operating models, underpinned by a strong foundation of a collaborative culture and empowered people.
For more information on the strategic framework go to:
https://www.henkel.in/company/strategy
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