Company
- When was Henkel founded?
- Where is Henkel’s head office?
- How many people does Henkel employ?
- What is Henkel’s strategy?
- In what business segments is Henkel active?
- What is the sales breakdown by region and division?
- What is Henkel's participation in Ecolab?
- What is Henkel’s legal form of incorporation?
When was Henkel founded?
On September 26,1876 Fritz Henkel and two partners founded the company Henkel & Cie in Aachen, Germany.
Where is Henkel’s head office?
Henkel's head office is in Düsseldorf, Germany.
How many people does Henkel employ?
What is Henkel’s strategy?
In order to achieve our strategic objective of profitable growth, we have fixed our focus on three areas of competence:
- Home Care
- Personal Care
- Adhesives/Technologies.
Our business sectors operating in these three core areas already boast leading market positions, and we intend to further expand these on a global basis. Our approach here will be one of driving organic sales growth complemented by growth derived from selected acquisitions.
In what business segments is Henkel active?
Henkel is organized into four business sectors:
Laundry & Home Care
The product range comprises heavy-duty detergents, special detergents and cleaners.
Cosmetics/Toiletries
The portfolio encompasses hair cosmetics, products for body, skin and oral care, and products and services for the professional salon segment.
Adhesive Technologies
We offer home decoration products, adhesives and correction products for the home and office, and also building adhesives. Our products include also industrial and structural adhesives, sealants and surface treatment products.
What is the sales breakdown by region and division?
What is Henkel's participation in Ecolab?
Henkel has a 29.4 percent stake in Ecolab Inc., a company listed in the USA. Ecolab is marketing products and services for industrial and institutional hygiene, textile hygiene, vehicle cleaning and automotive care, water treatment, pest control and commercial kitchen service.
The market value of this participation as of June 30, 2008 amounted to about 2.0 billion euros.
What is Henkel’s legal form of incorporation?
Henkel is a Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien or KGaA (partnership limited by shares). Because the sole personally liable partner of the corporation is now a joint stock entity, Henkel Management AG, and according the provisions of German company law this must be apparent from the corporation’s name, Henkel now trades as “Henkel AG & Co. KGaA”.
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA holds all the shares in Henkel Management AG. Such a structure in which a KGaA is itself the sole shareholder of the joint stock entity which, in turn, is the sole personally liable partner of the KGaA, is referred to as a “Unified Company”.
The other legally prescribed corporate bodies are the Supervisory Board and the General Meeting. In addition, Henkel has a Shareholders’ Committee as required by its Articles of Association. The overall structure therefore looks like this:
