Diisobutyl phthalate (DiBP), a plasticizer frequently used until now in adhesives for the paper converting industry, is suspected of being harmful to health. The German manufacturers and processors of paper, board and cardboard have therefore undertaken to stop using products containing DiBP. To protect consumers in the long term, Henkel has now come up with a solution – the Adhesin A 78 Series, a new generation of plasticizer-free adhesives formulations for all applications in the paper and packaging industry.

Henkel now an official member of the “Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil”

dm-drogerie markt, FRoSTA, Henkel, Tchibo, Tetra Pak, and T-Home to measure the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) of selected products and services in a major new pilot project. Participating firms brought together for PCF Pilot Project Germany by consortium of WWF, the Öko-Institut, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and THEMA1.

Better for the laundry, better for the environment – that is the new “Persil – better than ever from 20°C”. From April 2008, Persil with its high-performance active stain remover will be offering even better results from just 20°C, enabling the laundry to be washed at low temperatures – with proven Persil cleanliness still abounding, of course. Hence, with Persil, it is possible to both save energy and spare the environment.

Energy consumption and emissions reduced once again – further reductions planned

Award for Henkel’s Sustainability Performance

5,875 Projekte, 108 countries, 4,000 employees and pensioners

Against the background of changing market conditions, especially with regard to ever stronger competition and increasing cost pressure, caused among others by markedly rising raw material prices, the Management Board of Henkel KGaA has decided the basics of an efficiency enhancement program.

In February 2008, the German Federal Cartel Office imposed a fine on Henkel and a number of its competitors for exchanging price information on manual dishwashing detergents and shower gels. Company Chairman Prof. Dr. Lehner expressed his dismay at this violation of antitrust laws: “This is simply not acceptable, and Henkel has reinforced its internal measures to make sure that it will not happen again.”

Phenion, the Henkel bio-research company in Düsseldorf, Germany and the Centre for Dermatology and Venerology at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany have been awarded a grant worth some 520,000 euros by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The goal of the research project is to seek an alternative to animal experiments with which potentially allergenic substances can be assessed.

Dr. Juliane Wiemerslage has joined Henkel as Corporate Senior Vice President Human Resources. She reports directly to Kasper Rorsted, Vice Chairman of the Henkel Management Board.