• Responding to global consumer needs by significantly expanding the potential for decoration and re-decoration
• New patented technology for first debonding solution with high strength hold and easy removability
• Simple, quick and clean to apply to a broad variety of surfaces; water-resistance enables even bonding in bathrooms and kitchens 

Loctite 55 has been awarded the German Packaging Award 2024. Henkel received this prestigious award for the packaging of the 160m pack of its leading thread sealant cord in the 'Functionality and Convenience' category. The jury particularly pointed out the optimization of the conventional combination of dispenser can with separate lid by adding an attached closure: “This guarantees that the conventional separate lid can no longer be lost during use and extends the shelf life of the pipe sealing cord it contains,” according to the official statement.

This year’s LabelExpo, September 10-12 in Chicago, is all about sustainability. Visitors will have the opportunity to network with industry experts at North America’s largest label and packaging printing trade show. As one of the leading suppliers of sustainable solutions for the packaging industry, Henkel Adhesive Technologies will present its portfolio of pressure-sensitive adhesives certified as compatible with post-consumer recycling processes according to the test protocol of the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute ‏(TLMI). 

Ever-changing consumer needs and new regulatory requirements are constantly presenting the packaging industry with new challenges. For more than 40 years, trends and developments in sustainability, technology and processes have been presented and discussed at FACHPACK in Nuremberg. From September 24 to 26, Henkel Adhesive Technologies will make a valuable contribution to the key topic of "Transition in Packaging" with its innovative adhesive solutions in Hall 1, Stand 153.

• Group sales grow organically by 2.9 percent in the first half of the year to around 10.8 billion euros ‏(nominal -1.0 percent) – growth in both business units
• Operating profit ‏(EBIT)*: very strong increase to 1,610 million euros ‏(+28.4 percent)
• EBIT margin* also improves very strongly to 14.9 percent ‏(+340 basis points)
• Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)* increase by around a third to 2.78 euros, +32.9 percent at constant exchange rates
• Very good free cash flow of around 800 million euros
• Further progress in implementing strategic growth agenda
• Earnings outlook for fiscal 2024 already raised in mid-July:
  • Organic sales growth: 2.5 to 4.5 percent ‏(unchanged)
  • Adjusted return on sales: 13.5 to 14.5 percent ‏(previously: 13.0 to 14.0 percent)
  • Adjusted earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS): increase in the range of +20.0 to +30.0 percent at constant exchange rates ‏(previously: +15.0 to +25.0 percent)
• Mid- to long-term financial ambition already to be reached mid-term

Henkel published its half-year financial report 2024 on August 13, 2024.

The goal of Henkel Adhesive Technologies’ latest product innovation was to achieve more sustainability and greater process efficiency in color coating processes. With Bonderite M CR 1405, the surface treatment experts have developed an RoHS-compliant ‏(restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances) agent that provides coils with passivation and pretreatment properties as well as excellent corrosion resistance in a single pretreatment step.

Henkel today published its preliminary figures for the first half of 2024. Sales amounted to 10,813 million euros. This corresponds to good organic sales growth of 2.9 percent. In particular, the adjusted return on sales and adjusted earnings per share exceeded market expectations: The adjusted return on sales (adjusted EBIT margin) rose to 14.9 percent (previous year: 11.5 percent). Adjusted earnings per preferred share amounted to 2.78 euros in the first half of 2024. At constant exchange rates, this represents an increase of 32.9 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Due to the very strong development so far and factoring in the expected business development in the remainder of the year Henkel has raised its outlook for the earnings development in 2024. This is mainly due to higher profit expectations in the Consumer Brands business unit, while at the same time increasing investments in marketing to support innovations. The outlook still considers the expectation of higher prices for direct materials in the second half of the year. 

Henkel Adhesives Technologies India Private Limited ‏(Henkel India) announced the completion of Phase III of its manufacturing facility in Kurkumbh, near Pune, Maharashtra. The Kurkumbh site, which was launched in 2020, serves the growing demand of Indian industries for high-performance solutions in adhesives, sealants, and surface treatment products. The new Loctite plant, named after Henkel's renowned brand Loctite, was inaugurated by Mark Dorn, Executive Vice President, Henkel Adhesive Technologies, along with other Senior Management members of the company.  

Henkel Adhesive Technologies, the world’s leading solution provider for adhesives, sealants and functional coatings, has reached a significant sustainability milestone: all manufacturing sites in the Middle East and Africa ‏(MEA) region now operate on 100% renewable electricity.