Carsten Tilger, 42, will assume the position of Head of Corporate Communications at Henkel effective March 1, 2010. As Corporate Senior Vice President he will report directly to Kasper Rorsted, Chairman of the Henkel Management Board. Carsten Tilger will succeed Dr. Marcus Kuhnert, who is currently heading Corporate Communications on an interim basis in addition to his function as Chief Strategy Officer.

• Salgsnedgang på 7,3 pct. til 3 485 mio. euro
• Fald i organisk salg mindsket til 2,5 %
• Driftsresultat steget med 191 mio. euro til 290 mio. euro
• Justeret driftsresultat faldet med 1,5 % til 385 mio. euro

Today, the Shareholders’ Committee of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA elected Simone Bagel-Trah as its new Chairwoman. Bagel-Trah takes over this office from Albrecht Woeste who has been a member of the committee since 1976 and became its Chairman in 1990. This coming Tuesday, Simone Bagel-Trah is also due to be elected Chair of Henkel’s Supervisory Board. This completes the transition from the fourth generation of the Henkel family to the fifth. The change at the top of these two supervisory bodies had already been announced at the Henkel Annual General Meeting of spring 2008.

Som de første på markedet præsenterer Henkel Loctite^® 2400 og Loctite^® 2700 – to nye gevindsikringsmidler med medium og høj styrke, der begge er udviklet med fokus på sundhed, miljø og sikkerhed. Der er et stadigt stigende fokus på sundhed, miljø og sikkerhed i de fleste virksomheder og organisationer. Henkel arbejder aktivt med at forbedre måde de miljø- og arbejdsmiljømæssige egenskaber i sine produkter, men har også fokus på at bibeholde kvaliteten i applikationen. Virksomhedens afdeling for forskning og udvikling påtager sig et globalt ansvar, når de fokuserer på at udvikle nye, limprodukter, der forbedrer sundheds- og sikkerhedsaspekterne ved håndtering af kemikalier på arbejdspladsen. Et eksempel er netop at disse hverken har en sundheds- eller miljøklassifisering.

Når efteråret kommer vil mange gerne friske håret op med en ny farve, eller give nyt liv til det blonde hår efter sommerens påvirkninger. Nu kommer Gliss med en serie til farvet, tonet eller stribet hår i en helt ny skikkelse. Den nye Gliss Color Shine & Protect med flydende krystaller og UV-filter, der giver optimal pleje og beskyttelse. Resultatet bliver en smuk skinnende hårfarve med en fantastisk glans.

• Salgsnedgang på 5,0 procent til 3 485 millioner euro
• Organisk salgsnedgang på 5,3 procent
• Driftsresultat steget fra 113 millioner euro til 279 millioner euro
• Justeret driftsresultat faldet med 17,2 procent til 308 millioner euro

International consumer goods manufacturer Henkel has garnered honors in two renowned US communications competitions. For the fourth time in a row, the company received the highest accolade in the roll of the world’s best with the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) conferring platinum on the 2008 Henkel annual report in the “Consumer Consumables – Household/Personal” category. And in the globally established Stevie International Business Awards, Henkel’s new training film explaining the company’s corporate branding strategy garnered gold.

Henkel has made a gain of 20 places in the annual survey of the world’s 500 highest-revenue companies published by the US business magazine Fortune. In the overall ranking, Henkel holds position number 448 compared to 468 last year. And for the first time, Henkel has also gained entry this year in the list of companies making the biggest jump in profits, taking 36th place in that ranking.

Markedslederen Poly Blonde skifter nu navn til Schwarzkopf Blonde. Samtidigt relanceres serien med et nyt design og en ny forbedret formel som bygger på konceptet ”Blond & Strong”. Alle produkter indeholder et styrkende kompleks med vitaminer og kalcium der styrker håret indefra og tilfører glans, for et blødt og sundt hår.

For more than 133 years, Henkel has been combining leading brand performance with responsibility toward people and the environment. In Cologne on May 19, Henkel received the 2009 Plus X Award – conferred as part of a major European technology competition – for its standing as an “Ecologically Committed Company”. Also recognized were the company’s new liquid laundry detergents marketed under the Terra Activ brand.

Henkel has once again received public recognition as a socially responsible company: for the second time running, the Ethisphere Institute and Forbes Magazine, both of the USA, have included Henkel in their list of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies”. Only two German companies have made it to this list. Among the selection criteria are corporate social responsibility, management style and innovative strength.

Today’s Annual General Meeting of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA in Düsseldorf provided around 2,500 shareholders with an overview of the company’s development and performance in fiscal 2008.

Albrecht Woeste, Chairman of the Supervisory Board and of the Shareholders' Committee of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA announced at today's Annual General Meeting of the company that he would be retiring from these offices in September 2009 and would be proposing to the members of both corporate bodies that they elect Dr. Simone Bagel-Trah as his successor. This handing-over of the corporate baton from the fourth to the fifth generation of the Henkel family was first announced last year.

Nu lanceres Schwarzkopf Essential Color, den første permanente hårfarve med op til 80% naturligt baserede ingredienser og 0% ammoniak. Med Essential Color går man ikke på kompromis med resultatet, den dækker tilmed gråt hår perfekt. Den nye cremeformel, der indeholder naturligt baserede ingredienser fra litchifrugt og økologisk dyrket hvid te, gør at håret bliver blødt og får en intensiv blændende glans.

Loctite og Porsche Motorsport har sendt deres teknologipartnerskab for 2009 på banen, hvor Loctite vil være Official Partner og Supplier til Porsche Motorsport foruden Official Technical Partner til Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup.

Henkel Norden AB med stærke varemærker som Schwarzkopf og Loctite kan konstatere en kraftig fremgang i løbet af 2008. Salget er steget fra 149 millioner euro til 194 millioner euro for 2008. Stigningen på 30 % er et resultat af to strategisk vigtige opkøb kombineret med en stærk organisk vækst inden for forretningsområderne Kosmetik og hygiejneprodukter samt Frisørprodukter.
- På trods af en vigende efterspørgsel på mange områder, ser vi positivt på 2009. Vi vil lancere flere nye produkter end nogensinde før og tror på et fortsat opsving for Kosmetik og hygiejneprodukter, siger Campbell Peacock, adm. dir for Henkel Norden AB.

Krøllet hår som bliver kruset i løbet af dagen eller flyvske hårstrå i et glat hår, forstyrrer enhver glamourøs frisure. Schwarzkopf lancerer derfor stylingserien got2b smooth ’n chic, der holder hårstråene på plads.

U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart has selected Henkel to receive the “Wal-Mart Sustainability Award". Henkel was recognized as the one company demonstrating the most comprehensive approach to sustainability and making a substantial contribution to Wal-Mart’s sustainability strategy.

People purchasing a branded Henkel product expect the highest quality. However, this is not the only demand satisfied by such products. For more than 130 years, Henkel has been combining leading brand performance with responsibility toward people and the environment. Last year, Henkel launched a broad-based, global sustainability initiative under the slogan “Quality and Responsibility”. Henkel is committed to open dialog in this regard – not only with the community of sustainability experts but with customers and consumers as well.

• Markant salgsvækst på 8.1 % til 14.1 mia. euro
• Organisk salgsvækst på 3.0 %
• Driftsresultatet* justeret med +9.1 til 1 495 mio. euro
• Indtjening pr. præferenceaktie* justeret med +3.2 % til 2.26 euro
• Salget i vækstregionerne øget med +3 procentpoint til 37 % af det samlede salg
• Forslag til udbytte fastholdes på samme niveau som i de tidligere år

Global competition is posing new challenges for all market players. In meeting these challenges, it is becoming increasingly important to combine product performance with responsibility toward people and the environment. Henkel has already been working toward achieving sustainable development for more than 130 years. The company sees its sustainability strategy – which encompasses the entire value chain – as an opportunity to set itself apart from its competitors and offer added value to customers and consumers.

Henkel, der står for kendte mærkevarer som Loctite og Schwarzkopf, er for tredje år i træk officiel sponsor for IIHF World Championship. Verdens største hockeyarrangement løber i år af stablen i Schweiz fra d. 24. april til og med d. 10. maj. Henkel har et stærkt socialt engagement, og virksomheden vil derfor i løbet af turneringen donere 50 Euro for hvert mål til et projekt, der støtter udsatte børn.

Some things are just too amazing to be true. At least, that’s what some people think. Nevertheless, true they most certainly are! And at Henkel, the development hit list is constantly being replenished with product innovations that not only prove doubters wrong, but also occasionally turn the market on its head. Each year the “Fritz Henkel Awards for Innovation" are conferred for just that kind of “interference”. Named after the company's founder, appropriately these accolades are in recognition of the kind of genius and business acumen that he represented in his time and that Henkel’s employees are to this day encouraged to emulate.

Combining economic success with corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been a constant feature of Henkel’s business philosophy for over 130 years now. And in international terms, too, Henkel counts among the leading companies in this domain. So when it came to conferral of the first ever “European Corporate Responsibility Award” in Prague on February 5 this year, Henkel was once again among the finalists.

Hvem vil ikke gerne have helt glat hår? Hidtil har det kun været muligt med hjælp af glattejern, som er tidskrævende og kan slide på håret. Schwarzkopfs håreksperter har fundet inspiration hos det glatte asiatiske hår og udviklet Gliss Asia Straight med bambus- og orkidéekstrakt samt anti-frizz-effect.
Gliss Asia Straight hårplejeserien passer til personer med genstridigt og kruset hår, der vil have et synligt glattere og mere glansfuldt hår. Kombineres hele serien med anvendelse af hårtørrer, fås et glat hår som holder i op til 48 timer.

Energy efficiency and the climate compatibility of processes and products are among the key quality criteria of the future. Henkel has long been committed to maximizing energy efficiency in both production and the ensuing products. Now Henkel is also taking part in Germany’s “Product Carbon Footprint” pilot project with the aim of driving forward the development of appropriate methods for determining all climate-relevant emissions attributable to a product – reliable techniques that are capable of generating transparent and comparable results. The project participants have now presented a range of concepts for calculating and analyzing product-related green house gas emission balances.