Carsten Tilger, 42, will assume the position of Head of Corporate Communications at Henkel effective March 1, 2010. As Corporate Senior Vice President he will report directly to Kasper Rorsted, Chairman of the Henkel Management Board. Carsten Tilger will succeed Dr. Marcus Kuhnert, who is currently heading Corporate Communications on an interim basis in addition to his function as Chief Strategy Officer.

• Salgsnedgang på 7,3 pct. til 3 485 mio. euro
• Fald i organisk salg mindsket til 2,5 %
• Driftsresultat steget med 191 mio. euro til 290 mio. euro
• Justeret driftsresultat faldet med 1,5 % til 385 mio. euro

Today, the Shareholders’ Committee of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA elected Simone Bagel-Trah as its new Chairwoman. Bagel-Trah takes over this office from Albrecht Woeste who has been a member of the committee since 1976 and became its Chairman in 1990. This coming Tuesday, Simone Bagel-Trah is also due to be elected Chair of Henkel’s Supervisory Board. This completes the transition from the fourth generation of the Henkel family to the fifth. The change at the top of these two supervisory bodies had already been announced at the Henkel Annual General Meeting of spring 2008.

Som de første på markedet præsenterer Henkel Loctite^® 2400 og Loctite^® 2700 – to nye gevindsikringsmidler med medium og høj styrke, der begge er udviklet med fokus på sundhed, miljø og sikkerhed. Der er et stadigt stigende fokus på sundhed, miljø og sikkerhed i de fleste virksomheder og organisationer. Henkel arbejder aktivt med at forbedre måde de miljø- og arbejdsmiljømæssige egenskaber i sine produkter, men har også fokus på at bibeholde kvaliteten i applikationen. Virksomhedens afdeling for forskning og udvikling påtager sig et globalt ansvar, når de fokuserer på at udvikle nye, limprodukter, der forbedrer sundheds- og sikkerhedsaspekterne ved håndtering af kemikalier på arbejdspladsen. Et eksempel er netop at disse hverken har en sundheds- eller miljøklassifisering.

Når efteråret kommer vil mange gerne friske håret op med en ny farve, eller give nyt liv til det blonde hår efter sommerens påvirkninger. Nu kommer Gliss med en serie til farvet, tonet eller stribet hår i en helt ny skikkelse. Den nye Gliss Color Shine & Protect med flydende krystaller og UV-filter, der giver optimal pleje og beskyttelse. Resultatet bliver en smuk skinnende hårfarve med en fantastisk glans.

• Salgsnedgang på 5,0 procent til 3 485 millioner euro
• Organisk salgsnedgang på 5,3 procent
• Driftsresultat steget fra 113 millioner euro til 279 millioner euro
• Justeret driftsresultat faldet med 17,2 procent til 308 millioner euro

International consumer goods manufacturer Henkel has garnered honors in two renowned US communications competitions. For the fourth time in a row, the company received the highest accolade in the roll of the world’s best with the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) conferring platinum on the 2008 Henkel annual report in the “Consumer Consumables – Household/Personal” category. And in the globally established Stevie International Business Awards, Henkel’s new training film explaining the company’s corporate branding strategy garnered gold.

Henkel has made a gain of 20 places in the annual survey of the world’s 500 highest-revenue companies published by the US business magazine Fortune. In the overall ranking, Henkel holds position number 448 compared to 468 last year. And for the first time, Henkel has also gained entry this year in the list of companies making the biggest jump in profits, taking 36th place in that ranking.

Markedslederen Poly Blonde skifter nu navn til Schwarzkopf Blonde. Samtidigt relanceres serien med et nyt design og en ny forbedret formel som bygger på konceptet ”Blond & Strong”. Alle produkter indeholder et styrkende kompleks med vitaminer og kalcium der styrker håret indefra og tilfører glans, for et blødt og sundt hår.

For more than 133 years, Henkel has been combining leading brand performance with responsibility toward people and the environment. In Cologne on May 19, Henkel received the 2009 Plus X Award – conferred as part of a major European technology competition – for its standing as an “Ecologically Committed Company”. Also recognized were the company’s new liquid laundry detergents marketed under the Terra Activ brand.

Henkel has once again received public recognition as a socially responsible company: for the second time running, the Ethisphere Institute and Forbes Magazine, both of the USA, have included Henkel in their list of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies”. Only two German companies have made it to this list. Among the selection criteria are corporate social responsibility, management style and innovative strength.

Albrecht Woeste, Chairman of the Supervisory Board and of the Shareholders' Committee of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA announced at today's Annual General Meeting of the company that he would be retiring from these offices in September 2009 and would be proposing to the members of both corporate bodies that they elect Dr. Simone Bagel-Trah as his successor. This handing-over of the corporate baton from the fourth to the fifth generation of the Henkel family was first announced last year.

Today’s Annual General Meeting of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA in Düsseldorf provided around 2,500 shareholders with an overview of the company’s development and performance in fiscal 2008.

Nu lanceres Schwarzkopf Essential Color, den første permanente hårfarve med op til 80% naturligt baserede ingredienser og 0% ammoniak. Med Essential Color går man ikke på kompromis med resultatet, den dækker tilmed gråt hår perfekt. Den nye cremeformel, der indeholder naturligt baserede ingredienser fra litchifrugt og økologisk dyrket hvid te, gør at håret bliver blødt og får en intensiv blændende glans.

U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart has selected Henkel to receive the “Wal-Mart Sustainability Award". Henkel was recognized as the one company demonstrating the most comprehensive approach to sustainability and making a substantial contribution to Wal-Mart’s sustainability strategy.

Loctite og Porsche Motorsport har sendt deres teknologipartnerskab for 2009 på banen,

Krøllet hår som bliver kruset i løbet af dagen eller flyvske hårstrå i et glat hår, forstyrrer enhver glamourøs frisure. Schwarzkopf lancerer derfor stylingserien got2b smooth ’n chic, der holder hårstråene på plads.

Henkel Norden AB med stærke varemærker som Schwarzkopf og Loctite kan konstatere en kraftig fremgang i løbet af 2008.

People purchasing a branded Henkel product expect the highest quality. However, this is not the only demand satisfied by such products. For more than 130 years, Henkel has been combining leading brand performance with responsibility toward people and the environment. Last year, Henkel launched a broad-based, global sustainability initiative under the slogan “Quality and Responsibility”. Henkel is committed to open dialog in this regard – not only with the community of sustainability experts but with customers and consumers as well.