Why Henkel: The "Henkel Spirit"

We are proud of our successful brands & technologies that are present in our customer’s every day lives. Everyone knows our innovative brands such as Persil, Schwarzkopf or Pattex.
What many don’t know: The biggest part of Henkel’s turnover stems from the Adhesive Technologies business – technologies that are used in cars, wind turbines, airplanes or mobile phones, for instance.
Let’s dive deeper into what each business area stands for:

Adhesive Technologies

Did you know that 70% of all smartphones worldwide contain adhesives from Henkel?
High-tech products for airplanes or Pritt products for school use: Adhesives have developed into a key technology and have become an integral part of our everyday life: furniture, diapers, wallpapers, packaging – there is a long list of things that wouldn’t be working without them.

We lead today’s and build tomorrow’s markets with our unique portfolio of breakthrough innovations, tailor-made solutions and strong brands in adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.

Beauty Care

Did you know that every second more than 20 hair colorants from Henkel are sold worldwide?
Schwarzkopf, Fa, Syoss: The business unit develops, produces and sells numerous successful high-quality products (hair, body, skin and oral), which are available in 150 countries worldwide. Henkel Beauty Care is active in the Branded Consumer Goods as well as the professional Hair Salon business. Schwarzkopf Professional for instance is among the world’s three leading suppliers of hair salon products.

Laundry & Home Care

Did you know that Henkel sells detergents for around 25 billion wash loads per year?
The Laundry & Home Care business unit is the cornerstone of Henkel’s success story: The company’s first product was a laundry detergent based on sodium silicate, named “Universal-Waschmittel” (universal detergent).

Since then, this branded consumer goods business has grown into a globally active unit with well-known brands, such as Persil, Purex or Pril. For consumers around the world, our brand names have become an integral part of their daily lives.

Innovations are a key to our business success: Welcome to the inventor of the first self-acting detergent, the first roll-on deodorant, the first glue stick. Each day, we apply our creativity, courage and curiosity to strive towards a single, simple and grand vision: to establish Henkel as the leading company in brands and technologies worldwide.

The key to our success

Our capacity to innovate is of vital strategic importance. It is the basis of our commercial success. Over the last three years, about one third of our revenue has been generated through new products and technologies. In this way, we are able to witness the developing future for our business and are able to generate value for our industrial and commercial customers, our end-users and our employees.

If you look at top brands such as Loctite ‏(industry and retail) and Schwarzkopf ‏(consumer) or Persil – every product was created with extensive knowledge and innovative technologies.

For more information about Henkel R&D activities check out the annual report.

Henkel has around 53,000 employees. Each one is different. Each one is unique. And our diversity makes a valuable contribution to Henkel’s economic success. We are sure: Diversity makes a difference in the global competition – "from good to great".

We respect your individual characteristics and treat them as a valuable contribution to our corporate culture. We give you the freedom to achieve self-fulfillment. Anywhere. All over the world. At Henkel, we believe that this adds strategic value to our business. Understanding and accepting different points of view is the basis for achieving success through diversity.

Performance and competence count

Henkel helps its employees develop their talent across the spectrum – economics, creativity and innovation – and then apply it at the workplace. Our objective is to build the best teams, and in order to do this, we develop employees according to their expertise, potential and performance. This principle of variety and individual freedom as part of our corporate culture is called Diversity & Inclusion.

Read more about Diversity & Inclusion at Henkel

Forward-thinkers needed

We want all of our employees to act in a sustainable way. Our managers set a good example and demonstrate the significance of sustainability. It is therefore an integral part of the global training we offer. For instance, Henkel has trained more than 50,000 sustainability ambassadors.

We also target employees who understand the implications of sustainability – and in particular those who understand that improved sustainability directly helps us achieve our business goals. Those who share and act on these beliefs are part of our corporate culture and will fit in well with Henkel.

Henkel is committed to supporting our employees’ ability to better balance their professional and personal lives. Our offerings of flexible working arrangement options include alternate work schedules and job sharing.

Read more about work-life flexibility