Company profile

Henkel operates globally with a well-balanced and diversified portfolio. The company holds leading positions with its two business units in both industrial and consumer businesses thanks to strong brands, innovations and technologies. Founded in 1876, Henkel looks back on more than 145 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 more than 50,000 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 2021, Henkel reported sales of 20 billion euros and an operating profit of 2.7 billion euros (adjusted for one-time gains/charges and restructuring charges). 

About Henkel in North America
In North America, Henkel operates across its two business units: Henkel Adhesive Technologies and Henkel Consumer Brands. Its portfolio of well-known consumer and industrial brands includes Schwarzkopf® hair care, Dial® soaps, Persil®, Purex® and all® laundry detergents, Snuggle® fabric softeners as well as Loctite®, Technomelt® and Bonderite® adhesives. With sales of around 6 billion U.S. dollars (5 billion euros) in 2021, North America accounts for 27 percent of the company's global sales. Henkel employs over 8,000 people across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. For more information, please visit www.henkel-northamerica.com, and on Twitter@Henkel_NA.

Two globally operating business units
The Henkel 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 2021, the business unit generated sales of 9,641 million euros, 48 percent of total company sales.

Henkel Consumer Brands is Henkel’s business unit covering consumer brands and products in the two core categories of laundry & home care and hair. The laundry & home care portfolio includes laundry detergents and additives, dishwashing, surface cleaners and toilet care products. With the hair category, Henkel is active in the consumer goods as well as the hair professional business. The hair consumer segment offers products for hair coloration, styling and care both retail and direct-to-consumers. For professional hair salons Henkel offers hair treatments, coloring, finishing and styling products. In 2021, when Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care were still two separate business units, Beauty Care generated sales of 3,678 million euros, 18 percent of total company sales. Laundry & Home Care generated sales of 6,605 million euros in 2021, 33 percent of total company sales. 

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 more than 50,000 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.

Our purpose: Pioneers at heart for the good of generations.

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 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-northamerica.com/company/strategy