Coatings World - July 2011

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Dusseldorf, Germany
www.henkel.com

PUBLIC COMPANY YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1876 REVENUE: $9.7 billion ; (2009: 8. 7)

MARKETS SERVED
• Adhesives
• Sealants
• Special purpose coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
CKasper Rorsted, chairman and CEO; Jan-
Dirk Auris, executive VP Adhesive Technolo-
gies and member of the board. Senior VPs of
Adhesive Technologies: Ramon Bacardit, Re-
search; Julian Colquitt, North America; Jean
Fayolle, Packaging, Consumer Goods and
Construction Adhesives; Eric Holzbacher,
Western Europe, Central Eastern Europe,
Middle East, Africa and Consumer & Crafts-
men Adhesives, Building Adhesives; Paul
Kirsch, Global Transportation; Matthias
Schmidt, Financial Director; Alan Syzdek,
Global Electronic Materials.

Henkel’s Adhesives Technologies business sector comprises five business units: Adhesives for Consumers, Craftsmen and Building; Transport and Metal; General Industry; Packaging, Consumer Goods and Construction Adhesives; and Electronics.

With the market environment recovering Adhesives Technologies performed exceptionally well in 2010, achieving a double-digit growth rate of 17. 4 percent with sales of $9.7 billion. The sector serves a wide range of customers from large, international corporations to small and medium-sized industrial businesses, craftsmen, DIYers and private home consumers.

In the mature markets of Western Europe and North America, Henkel generated growth in the high single-digit percentage range. In high growth markets expansion overall posted in the double-digit percentage range. Henkel achieved its highest growth rates in the Asia Pacific region.

Also during the year, Jan-Dirk Auris succeeded Thomas Geit-ner at Henkel’s management board and became executive vice president of Adhesive Technologies.

In 2010 the worldwide integration of the National Starch businesses Adhesives and Electronic Materials acquired in 2008 was completed.

On the R&D front, each year Henkel selects a number of developments for its Fritz Henkel Award for Innovation. In 2010, Loctite HF was one of the products recognized.

These halogen-free structural adhesives are used by manufacturers of portable electronic devices and create particularly strong, fast-curing and resistant bonds between a variety of materials.

Highlighting its achievements in sustainability in 2010, Wal-Mart honored Henkel with the Wal-Mart Sustainability Award for the second year in a row, identifying Henkel as the supplier that, seen globally, has made the most significant contribution to sustainability.

Henkel received a 2010 Automotive News PACE Award for its
new Aquence Co-Cure coating process. The prestigious award rec-
ognizes automotive suppliers for superior innovation, technologi-
cal advancement and business performance.

Innovations 2010

Loctitie Power Easy

This odorless and solvent-free instant adhesive bonds an array of different materials quickly and firmly yet avoids the problem of instant skin contact adhesion.