REIMAGINAR Y MEJORAR LA VIDA CADA DÍA

Henkel, celebrando 40 años de presencia en Chile, participó en Expomin 2025 a través de su marca Loctite, especialista en adhesivos industriales. Su stand, en el que se utilizaron 2,96 metros cúbicos de madera y aproximadamente 1,3 metros cúbicos de fierro de ingeniería, se desarrolló bajo un modelo de construcción industrializada, resaltando la sostenibilidad e innovación en la feria.

• Group sales: around 5.2 billion euros; organic development -1.0 percent
• Adhesive Technologies: positive organic sales growth of 1.1 percent with positive vol-ume development despite challenging environment
• Consumer Brands: organic sales development of -3.5 percent; volumes impacted by subdued consumer demand and supply chain challenges
• Sale of Retailer Brands business in North America closed – strategic portfolio optimization program in Consumer Brands concluded 
• Outlook for fiscal 2025 unchanged despite increased volatility in market
  environment:
  • Organic sales growth: 1.5 to 3.5 percent
  • Adjusted return on sales: 14.0 to 15.5 percent
  • Adjusted earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS): increase in the low to high single-digit per-centage range ‏(at constant exchange rates)

• Strong business performance in fiscal 2024
  • Sales: 21.6 billion euros, good organic growth of 2.6 percent
  • Operating profit ‏(EBIT)*: 3.1 billion euros, very significant increase of 20.9 percent
  • EBIT margin*: 14.3 percent, outstanding improvement by 240 basis points
  • Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)* significantly higher: 5.36 euros, +25.1 percent at constant exchange rates
  • Strong free cash flow of 2.4 billion euros
• Dividend increase in the double-digit percentage range proposed: 2.04 euros per preferred share ‏(+10.3 percent)
• New share buyback of up to 1 billion euros decided
• Implementation of Purposeful Growth Agenda further progressed
  • Consumer Brands: Integration faster than planned, portfolio measures finalized, full savings to be realized already by end of 2025
  • Adhesive Technologies: New set-up implemented in 2023 is paying off
  • Ambitious climate protection targets: net-zero roadmap defined
• Outlook for fiscal 2025: Poised for further top- and bottom line growth – with slow start into the year and acceleration in the course of the year
  • Organic sales growth: 1.5 to 3.5 percent
  • EBIT margin*: 14.0 to 15.5 percent
  • Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)*: Increase in the low to high single-digit percentage range ‏(at constant exchange rates)