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2019 overall in line with market expectations and guidance

Henkel participates in a funding round in the Indian start-up m.Paani to further strengthen its expertise in novel digital go-to-market models. The investment by the company’s unit HenkelX Ventures will help Henkel gaining valuable insights about the retail markets and consumer behaviors in emerging markets. At the same time, it supports the company’s strategic priority to accelerate digitalization.

Henkel as a global leader in adhesives, sealants and functional coatings has opened its new ‘Henkel Adhesives Technical Center’ in the east of Hanoi, Vietnam. Located close to leading consumer electronics and semiconductor companies, the high-tech facility will enable close and inspiring collaborations with leading customers and accelerate the development of high-impact solutions for a broad range of applications for local markets.

Henkel’s pipeline of innovations for the aluminum industry does not stop short when it comes to anodizing, one of the most established technologies of aluminum processing. In complementing its latest developments for optimizing the conversion coating of aluminum products, the company also offers improved Bonderite technologies for the three key steps of degreasing, etching and hot or cold sealing in the aluminum anodizing process.