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On March 20, 2023, Henkel celebrates the 175th birthday of its founder Fritz Henkel. His values, his pioneering spirit and his sense of responsibility continue to shape the company culture to this day.

• Full year results 2022:
  • Group sales: 22.4 billion euros, organic growth* of 8.8 percent
  • Operating profit ‏(EBIT)**: 2.3 billion euros, -13.7 percent
  • EBIT margin**: 10.4 percent, -3.0pp
  • Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)**: 3.90 euros, -17.8 percent at constant exchange rates
• Proposed dividend on prior-year level: 1.85 euros per preferred share
• Good progress in implementing Purposeful Growth Agenda
• New business unit Consumer Brands live
• Sustainability driven forward in key areas
• Outlook for fiscal 2023: further growth expected
  • Organic sales growth: 1.0 to 3.0 percent
  • EBIT margin**: 10.0 to 12.0 percent
  • Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)**: between -10.0 and +10.0 percent ‏(at constant exchange rates)

Henkel has officially opened its “J-beauty innovation hub” in Tokyo. The hub for the Hair Professional business will leverage the long-standing expertise of Schwarzkopf and Shiseido Professional in hair color innovation and trends as well as premium hair and scalp care, anti-hair loss, styling, and perm solutions.

As integrated circuits ‏(ICs) become more dense and complex, particularly in the power device sector, new approaches to die thermal control and electrical performance are required. Henkel today announced the availability of a die attach adhesive that provides high thermal capability to enable superior operation of power semiconductor packages. With 30 W/m-K thermal conductivity – among the market’s highest thermal performance without sintering – Loctite Ablestik 6395T is the latest in the company’s portfolio of high thermal solutions and allows integration of back-side metalized or bare silicon ‏(Si) die.