Coatings World - JULY 2013

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

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1876
Revenue: $10.616 billion t (2011: 10.788 bn)

MARKETS SERVED

• Adhesives • Sealants • Special Purpose coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES Kasper Rorsted, chairman and CEO; Jan-Dirk Auris, executive VP Adhesive Technologies and member of the board. Senior VPs of Adhesive Technologies: Ramon Bacardit, Research; Julian Colquitt, North America, General Industry; Jean Fayolle, Packaging Industry; Eric Holzbacher, Africa/Middle East, Consumer and Building Industry; Paul Kirsch, Transportation and Metal Industry;

Michael Olosky, Asia Pacific; Matthias Schmidt, Financial Director; Alan Syzdek, Electronics Industry.

Henkel’s Adhesives Technologies business sector comprises five business units: Adhesives for Consumers, Craftsmen and Building, Transportation and Metal: General Industry; Packaging, Consumer Goods and Construction Adhesives; and Electronics. Adhesives were up 6. 6 percent with sales of $10.616 bn.

Henkel and DaniMer Scientific, LLC, a bio-based material technology company, have formed an alliance to develop hotmelt adhesives that use bio-based raw materials. The initial target for these bio-based hotmelt adhesives will be the consumer packaging market, including applications of end of line and labeling.

The alliance will combine Henkel’s expertise in hotmelt adhesive formulation, application and global footprint, with DaniMer’s expertise in biopolymer science, proprietary production capabilities and the company’s bio-based technology platform. The intended ambition of this alliance is to bring to the marketplace a technology platform that includes a family of bio-based hotmelt adhesive formulations supplied globally.

Henkel published its latest Sustainability Report; the focus of this 22nd issue is on the implementation of the sustainability strategy that the company presented in 2012. At the core of the strategy is the goal of achieving more with less. Henkel intends to triple its resource efficiency by the year 2030. To achieve this, Henkel is actively involving its employees in its strategy implementation programs and working with its partners to drive sustainability along the various value chains.

The strategy was developed on the basis of Henkel’s commitment
to leadership in sustainability. “We achieved a great deal in 2012,” said
Kathrin Menges, executive vice president human resources and chair of
Henkel’s Sustainability Council. “Thanks to numerous workshops, proj-
ects and initiatives, our around 47,000 employees now have a clear un-
derstanding of what we want to achieve in the medium- and long-term.
Nevertheless, despite all the progress we have made, we are well aware that
we still have a long way to go. In view of the ever-increasing demand on
limited natural resources, we must continue to improve while reconciling
short-term requirements with long-term objectives.”
Its sustainability performance in 2012 shows how the company works
to improve its efficiency and safety. In the last 11 years, it has reduced
water consumption by 44 percent, energy use by 43 percent and the waste
footprint by 53 percent per metric ton of output. Over the same period, the
number of occupational accidents dropped by 86 percent. These achieve-
ments are important milestones for Henkel, regarding its medium-term
targets for 2015 and on the road to tripling its resource efficiency by 2030.

A Sustainable PUR Innovation

Thanks to its low density, the new high-performance elastic adhesive Teroson PU 8590 LD for direct glazing and assembly work in vehicle construction enables manufacturers to achieve a significant reduction in vehicle weight. The use of the new PUR adhesive from Henkel in the production and repair shop helps to cut emissions and save fuel.

In addition to more efficient engines, advances in the smaller constituents of a vehicle also play their part in reaching fuel-saving and emission-reduction goals. The new high-performance PUR adhesive from Henkel, Teroson PU 8590 Low Density, is significantly lighter than its predecessor, weighing 1.0 gram per milliliter. By using it for elastic bonding it is possible to achieve a substantial reduction in the overall weight of a vehicle. In a bus, which normally incorporates 250 kilograms of adhesive, up to 56 kilograms – or 20 percent – of that weight can be saved. This weight reduction has a positive impact not only on fuel consumption but also on the exhaust emissions of the vehicle.

The polyurethane-based adhesive contains no health-hazardous substances or organic solvents. As a result, Teroson PU 8590 LD requires no R40 labeling. This assures a high level of worker safety. The highly viscous, pumpable adhesive-sealant cures by reacting with atmospheric moisture to form a rubbery-elastic material. The skin formation and curing times depend on the relative humidity, the temperature and the depth of the joint.

The product also shows improved performance beyond its weight-reducing qualities. Its optimized resistance to UV radiation minimizes degradation and the occurrence of unsightly black streaks (carbon black run-off) on bus walls.

Thanks to its chemical properties, Teroson PU 8590 LD can be easily smoothed and shows a continuous, even and fine-grained surface after curing.

The sustainable solution from Henkel can be used to glaze windshields, rear and side windows in buses, car, trucks, forklifts and special vehicles, as well as rail cars and even yachts. Because of its high viscosity and sag resistance, it will fix large and heavy windows in place while curing. Teroson PU 8590 LD is also suitable for filling gaps between glazed panes and metal frames and to bond wall segments or interior elements.