Company Profile

Henkel operates globally with a well-balanced and diversified portfolio. The company holds leading positions with its three business units in both industrial and consumer businesses thanks to strong brands, innovations and technologies. Founded in 1876, Henkel looks back on more than 140 years of success. Henkel’s preferred shares are listed in the German stock index DAX. The DAX-30 company has its headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany. Henkel employs about 53,000 people worldwide, around 85 percent of whom work outside of Germany. As a recognized leader in sustainability, Henkel holds top positions in many international ratings and rankings.

In 2020, the company reported sales of 19.3 billion euros and an operating profit of 2.6 billion euros ‏(adjusted for one-time gains/charges and restructuring charges).

Henkel Adhesives Technologies India Private Limited

Henkel in India operates in two business areas: Adhesive Technologies and Beauty Care, both in the business-to-business realm. 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, the adhesive technologies business has a footprint comprising 7 manufacturing sites, an innovation center, a product development center and a flexible packaging academy, while the Beauty Care business has 5 Schwarzkopf Professional academies. It employs approximately 1,000 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.

Three globally operating business units

Henkel and Airbus employees in Airbus assemby hall.

Adhesive Technologies

The Adhesive Technologies business unit is a leading solution provider for adhesives, sealants and functional coatings for consumers, craftsmen and industrial applications. Henkel offers a multitude of applications to satisfy the needs of different target groups: consumers, craftsmen and industrial businesses. In 2020, the business unit generated sales of 8,684 million euros, 45 percent of total company sales.

In India, the Adhesive Technologies business is a market leader in adhesives, sealants and surface treatments. The business unit is divided in 4 Strategic Business Units (SBUs), each following its own business model, and targeting different markets and customers. The SBUs are:

Packaging & Consumer Goods business develops innovative and sustainable solutions for articles such as packaged food and beverages, diapers and hygiene products, plasters and bandages, clothes and shoes, furniture and much more.
Transport & Metal business provides customers in the automotive, aircraft, aerospace, and metal processing industries with outstanding system solutions, a comprehensive technology portfolio, and specialized technical services.
General Industry business has been a leading supplier of state-of-the-art industrial adhesives and sealants, metal pretreatment technologies, metalworking compounds, and high-performance coatings to a variety of industrial markets for assembly, maintenance and repair.
Electronics business offers customers from the electronics industry a specialized portfolio of innovative high-technology adhesives and materials for the manufacture of microchips, electronic assemblies and thermal management systems.

Donut graphic proportion of total Henkel sales

8,684 million euros sales in 2020

45% of total Henkel sales 2020. Read more facts and figures on henkel.com.

Top Brand

Loctite

salon owner is discussing the new BC Fibre Force product range with Henkel employees after applying it to his client’s hair.

Beauty Care

Products from the Beauty Care business unit are available worldwide. Beauty Care stands for brand-name products in the fields of hair colorants, hair styling, hair care, toiletries, skin care and oral hygiene. Beauty Care is one of the world’s leading suppliers of hair-salon products. In 2020, the business unit generated sales of 3,752 million euros, 19 percent of total company sales.

The Beauty Care business in India offers Schwarzkopf Professional range of cutting edge hair care products through hairdressers and salons. The business focuses on providing hair dressers and salons with the wherewithal required to deliver hair care services efficiently.

3,752 million euros sales in 2020

19% of total Henkel sales 2020. Read more facts and figures on henkel.com.

Schwarzkopf

At our research facility in Trumbull, Connecticut, USA, Jens-Martin Schwärzler (2nd from right), President Henkel Consumer Goods in North America, discusses the innovations in our joint portfolio with Bibie Wu, Marketing, Head of Laundry Conditioners and Home Care, and Charles Crawford, Ph. D. (left), Vice President Product Development. Right: Senior scientist Michael Crisanti.

Laundry & Home Care

Laundry & Home Care has always played an important role for Henkel: the company’s success story started with a product from this business unit. The Laundry Care business includes heavy-duty and specialty detergents, fabric softeners, laundry-performance enhancers and other fabric-care products. The Home Care portfolio includes hand- and automatic-dishwashing products, cleaners for bathroom and WC applications, and household, glass and specialty cleaners. Air fresheners and insect control products for household application are offered in select regions. In 2020, the Laundry & Home Care business unit generated sales of 6,704 million euros, 35 percent of total company sales.

Please note that the Laundry & Home Care business is not available in India. Visit our global website for more information.

6,704 million euros sales in 2020

35% of total Henkel sales 2020. Read more facts and figures on henkel.com.

Corporate culture

“Creating sustainable value” is our purpose that unites all of us at Henkel. We want to create value – for our customers and consumers, for our teams and our people, for our shareholders as well as for the wider society and communities in which we operate.

Our corporate culture and our purpose, vision, mission and values unite our diverse workforce and provide a clear framework and guidance. Globally binding behavioral rules are specified in a series of codes. They provide guidance for the behavior and actions of our employees in all our business areas around the world.

Our purpose:

Creating sustainable value

Our vision:

Leading with our innovations, brands and technologies

Our mission:

We want to serve our customers and consumers worldwide as the most trusted partner with leading positions in all relevant markets and categories – as a passionate team united by shared values.

Our values:

Customers and consumers, people, financial performance, sustainability, family business

Strategic Framework

At Henkel, we shape our future guided by a long-term strategic framework based on our purpose, our vision, our mission and 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

Pictures

Innovation Centre, Pune

Henkel Flexible Packaging Academy India

Aerial view of Henkel's headquarters in Düsseldorf

Headquarters Düsseldorf

Aerial view headquarters Düsseldorf

Henkel logo

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Press Releases

7 Apr, 2021,

Düsseldorf / Germany

Change at Henkel Management Board

Wolfgang König to succeed Jens-Martin Schwärzler as Executive Vice President Beauty Care

Wolfgang König ‏(48), currently Category President Kellogg North America, will join the Henkel Management Board as Executive Vice President for the Beauty Care business effective June 1, 2021. He succeeds Jens-Martin Schwärzler ‏(57) who will not be available for another term. He has been with Henkel for more than 28 years and has led Henkel Beauty Care since 2017.

31 Mar, 2021,

Düsseldorf / Germany

Henkel announces preliminary organic sales growth for first quarter 2021

Henkel expects strong start into fiscal 2021

Despite the continued challenging economic environment as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, Henkel expects a very strong organic sales growth in the first quarter of 2021. According to preliminary figures, Henkel expects for the first quarter organic sales growth ‏(excluding the impact of currency effects and acquisitions/divestments) of around 7 percent, significantly above current market expectations of around 3.5 percent.