Did you know that Henkel North America employs approximately 9,000 employees at nearly 70 sites across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico? Collectively, these sites manage three business units: Adhesive Technologies, Beauty Care and Laundry & Home Care.
Our #AViewFrom series will feature select locations, sharing information and facts about our sites across Henkel North America.
Materials developed in Bridgewater adhere labels to your favorite beverage bottles; hold baby diapers together; secure lids to yogurt containers; seal food boxes, bags and cartons; make padded packages recyclable; help replace concrete and steel in modern building structures; and enable businesses to advertise with high-impact vinyl wraps on cars, buses and taxis – and more.
Henkel employees in Bridgewater, NJ not only develop sustainable adhesive products, but the building also utilizes sustainable energy. Some of the facility’s power comes from on-site solar panels.
Supporting Henkel’s Packaging, Consumer Goods and Lifestyle businesses, the team at this site develops some of the world’s most innovative adhesive solutions with an eye on enabling production automation, sustainability, ease-of-use, consumer comfort and convenience.
Part of the Henkel footprint since the 2008 acquisition of National Starch and Chemical Company, Bridgewater is a key global R&D innovation center and a model for safety culture. With more than 240 employees recently surpassing 6 million hours free from a lost-time injury, the team’s emphasis on safety has also enabled a seamless transition to COVID protocol compliance.