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Henkel is expanding its production capabilities in Mexico by opening a new state-of-the-art plant for hot melt adhesives in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon. With a size of nearly 30,000 square-meter the new facility has been designed to primarily manufacture pressure sensitive and non-pressure sensitive hot melts under the leading Technomelt brand. The products range from Henkel’s high-performance SUPRA product portfolio, designed for efficient bonding of substrates under extreme conditions, to Henkel's COOL portfolio, with a lower melting point compared to traditional hot melt adhesives ‏(between 100°C and 120°C).

Long-time customer-supplier partners Henkel and Schneider Electric, both global leaders in sustainability, have worked together for many years to drive progress toward the shared goal of decarbonization. Schneider Electric has been leading decarbonization efforts, targeting an achievement of net zero CO₂ emissions for 100% of its operations (scope1, 2) by 2030. Henkel has a similar corporate goal — to be climate-positive by 2030.

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Henkel today announced the opening of its Application Center in Santa Clara, CA designed to support product development for the company’s high-tech customers in the Silicon Valley region.

• 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

• 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

For the second year in a row Henkel recognized as one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity 2022 by Forbes. The Best Employers for Diversity were chosen based on an independent survey of over 60,000 employees working for companies employing at least 1,000 people in their U.S. operations.

With a focus on sustainability and performance, the new all® free clear eco ultra-concentrated liquid laundry detergent delivers a powerful clean consumers can feel good about.

Against the background of the current developments of the war in Ukraine, Henkel has decided to exit its business activities in Russia. The execution process is now being prepared. Henkel will work closely with its teams in Russia on the details to ensure an orderly process. In the meantime, Henkel’s 2,500 employees in Russia will continue to be employed and paid. The expected financial impact for Henkel resulting from the planned exit cannot be quantified at this time.