March 24, 2026
New co-innovation hub in Bengaluru for next-generation electronics manufacturing
Henkel launches advanced customer application center for electronics solutions in India

Bengaluru, India – Henkel has launched its new customer application center in Bengaluru, reinforcing its commitment to India’s rapidly expanding electronics manufacturing sector. The facility will serve as a collaborative innovation hub where Henkel experts and customers can co-develop, test, and validate advanced adhesive and thermal management solutions for next-generation electronics manufacturing.

The new facility is designed to address a critical gap in India's electronics value chain: the absence of localized, world-class application testing and validation infrastructure that allows manufacturers to develop, qualify, and scale advanced materials solutions without the time and cost of sending work overseas.

“India's electronics manufacturing ecosystem is at an inflection point, and Bengaluru is at the center of it,” said S. Sunil Kumar, Country President for Henkel in India. “What manufacturers across our focus sectors increasingly need is not just world-class materials, but a local partner who can co-develop, test, and validate those materials under real production conditions, and help them move from concept to market faster. That is precisely what this center is designed to do. It is our most tangible expression yet of Henkel's long-term commitment to India's electronics future.”

The 5,000 sq. ft. facility in Bengaluru, of which approximately 2,400 sq. ft. is dedicated laboratory and testing space, is built to replicate actual electronics manufacturing conditions, allowing customers to evaluate and optimize materials and processes before committing to production scale. The application center serves five high-growth sectors: telecom and 5G infrastructure, data centres and AI computing, power electronics and EV systems, industrial automation, and medical electronics. Its key capabilities span advanced thermal management testing, precision dispensing systems, electrical characterisation tools, and rapid-cure chambers, supporting the full journey from prototyping and material validation through to production readiness.

The center directly supports India's Make-in-India and Production-Linked-Incentive objectives by bringing application engineering, process optimization, and reliability validation onshore. A substantial share of activities that Indian electronics manufacturers previously had to route 
through overseas facilities, or simply defer, can now be conducted locally, compressing development cycles and accelerating time to market.

Henkel application experts will work side-by-side with customer engineering teams at the facility; co-developing solutions tailored to specific device architectures and manufacturing requirements. This collaboration model is central to the center's design and is what distinguishes it from a conventional testing laboratory.

About Henkel
With its brands, innovations and technologies, Henkel holds leading market positions worldwide in the industrial and consumer businesses. The business unit Adhesive Technologies is the global leader in the market for adhesives, sealants and coatings. With Consumer Brands, the company holds leading positions especially in laundry & home care and hair in many markets and categories around the world. The company's three strongest brands are Loctite, Persil and Schwarzkopf. In fiscal 2025, Henkel reported sales of about 20.5 billion euros and adjusted operating profit of around 3.0 billion euros. Henkel’s preferred shares are listed in the German stock index DAX. Sustainability has a long tradition at Henkel, and the company has a clear sustainability strategy with specific targets. Henkel was founded in 1876 and today employs a diverse team of about 47,000 people worldwide – united by a strong corporate culture, shared values and a common purpose: "Pioneers at heart for the good of generations.” More information at www.henkel.com 

About Henkel India
Henkel in India has two legal entities, namely, Henkel Adhesives Technologies India Private Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Henkel) and Henkel Anand India Private Limited (a joint venture company of Henkel and Anand Group). The adhesive technologies business operates primarily in the business-to-business realm in the country, while in the consumer brands business, Henkel is present in the “hair” category. Headquartered in Navi Mumbai, the adhesive technologies business has a footprint comprising four manufacturing sites, two innovation centers, a customer experience center, a flexible packaging academy and three application centers serving the footwear, consumer electronics and electronics industries, respectively. Its hair business has five Schwarzkopf Professional academies across the country. Further enhancing Henkel’s innovation ecosystem is its Global Technology Center, designed to help implement innovations quickly and build future-oriented digital competencies at the company. Henkel employs over 1,300 employees across these sites.  More information at www.henkel.in.

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Contact	Sebastian Hinz	
Phone	+49 211 797-85 94	
Email	       sebastian.hinz@henkel.com

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

Henkel has launched its new customer application center in Bengaluru, reinforcing its commitment to India’s rapidly expanding electronics manufacturing sector.