Henkel North America’s Beauty Care Hair Professional business has announced a $200,000 donation to support the PBA COVID-19 Relief Fund

The new, compactly designed Sonderhoff 3E dosing cell is economic, efficient and ecological. This mixing and dosing system for two components precisely processes liquid, medium and high-viscosity polyurethanes or other polymer reactive materials. Using the FIP ‏(Formed-In-Place) technology, 2-component sealing foams, adhesives or potting compounds are directly applied onto the part, precisely and freely programmable, with the CNC-controlled mixing head.

Strong magnets are essential components to optimize the performance of electric motors. Manufacturers are looking for efficient and safe solutions that can fix these magnets into their position in the rotor, while compensating manufacturing tolerances. With Loctite EA 9536, Henkel has developed a novel solution tailor-made for the use in electric motors.

Industry trade shows like Interpack are essential for the packaging industry value chain to exchange knowledge on innovations and meet partners. As the 2020 event has been postponed to next year, Henkel and its experts are nevertheless dedicated to doing their part to keep industry professionals informed about the latest developments. With the new REthink packaging series, Henkel is further expanding its renowned webinar series for 2020 and capitalizing on the goal of promoting knowledge transfer. Henkel’s webinar week will take place during the original Interpack 2020 timeframe from May 5th to May 12th. As several topics shape the packaging industry, Henkel continues to contribute to these fields: from consumer safety, to the circular economy, dematerialization as well as energy and CO₂ emission savings.

Consumers expect the food industry to provide safe products which comply with the latest legislations. FEICA already recommends avoiding the use of epoxy silanes in food contact applications, and the European Union is expected to set new limits during the course of this year. These limits will require complex testing methods that lead to challenges for converters and packaging manufacturers. Thanks to Henkel’s longstanding experience in food safe packaging, the company has been able to develop a new range of laminating adhesives free of epoxy silanes and a new test method that requires a combination of several sophisticated analytical techniques to detect epoxy silanes and its degradation products.

As the dynamic development of the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the global economy, a reliable and realistic evaluation of the future business performance of Henkel is currently not possible. As a consequence, the Management Board of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA has decided today that the forecast for fiscal 2020 published in the Annual Report 2019 will no longer be upheld.

The Coronavirus outbreak continues to restrict and impact lives in many ways, salons have been forced to close as they put both the wellbeing of their hairdressers and clients first; this means that for many, the income stream is currently zero. Schwarzkopf Professional stands in solidarity with the global hairdressing community, working hard to support, to sustain and to inspire. One of the ways in which they are doing this is through the HelpYourSalon.com Hairdresser Support Initiative.

As part of its global solidarity program in the fight against the corona crisis, Henkel has announced that it will provide production capacities at short notice in order to produce disinfectants. Within just one week, the company converted a production facility at its Düsseldorf site and produced the first 25,000 liters of hand disinfectants. Henkel will donate them to surrounding hospitals and public institutions. Next week, the company will continue the production and will produce the same amount of disinfectant.

The digital transformation poses a variety of challenges to all industries. One of them is surely the pressure to leverage the potential of new technologies to enhance performance. At the same time, emerging technologies make new approaches possible: printed electronics evolve the traditional electronics in terms of efficiency and flexibility to open up completely new application fields, from personal hygiene products to smart surfaces for home or mobility applications. Being on top of this development, functional ink plays a key role in printed electronics, transforming a substrate into a conductive surface.

Due to the spread of the coronavirus, Henkel will not be able to hold its Annual General Meeting on April 20, 2020 at the Düsseldorf Congress Center as planned.