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Henkel Opens New Application Center in South Korea

Henkel recently announced the opening of its new Application Center in Busan, South Korea, marking a significant investment in the global sports & fashion industry.

Bodo Möller Takes Over Portugal’s Anmapi

Bodo Möller Chemie has acquired Portuguese distributor Anmapi for an undisclosed sum. Located in Valbom, Gondomar (Porto) – north of Lisbon – Anmapi supplies Henkel’s brand of Bonderite cleaners and corrosion protection products for the metal industry in Southern Europe.

Henkel Buys NBD Nanotechnologies

Henkel has acquired US advanced materials start-up NBD Nanotechnologies for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, NBD specializes in developing coatings and additives with surface wettability.

Arkema Completes Permoseal Acquisition

Arkema has closed its acquisition of South Africa’s Permoseal, a move designed to strengthen and complete the portfolio of its adhesives subsidiary Bostik.

Henkel Seals Russian Exit Plans

Henkel has now decided to pull out of Russia, due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The German consumer chemicals producer said, however, it would keep paying its 2,500 employees there until the exit is complete.

Henkel Invests in China Advanced Materials Fund

Henkel Adhesives Technologies has invested an undisclosed sum in Richland Capital Fund III, a leading investment firm for emerging technology in China. The fund focuses on investments in advanced materials, high-end manufacturing equipment, digital technologies and digital business models.

CO2-Neutral Chemical Industry

The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral. Germany, as one of the major chemical manufacturing nations, has committed to achieve this goal by 2050.

Expert Statement: Uwe Bergmann, Henkel

The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.

Henkel Hikes US Sanitizer Output

Germany’s Henkel has announced plans to invest $23 million to expand its range of Dial liquid hand soap and hand sanitizers in the US. The company will install new equipment and carry out a series of improvements that will increase production at its sites in Geneva, New York and West Hazleton, Pennsylvania.

Henkel Takes Major Stake in D2C Beauty Brands

Germany’s Henkel has entered into an agreement with compatriot firm Invincible Brands Holding to take a 75% stake in a business that comprises three fast-growing premium direct-to-consumer (D2C) beauty brands: HelloBody, Banana Beauty and Mermaid+Me.

Momentive Sells Sealants to Henkel, Accelerates Transition

Momentive Performance Materials is selling its consumer sealants business to Henkel for an undisclosed sum in a move the US firm said will enable greater focus on unique silicones and specialty applications where it has “a strong ability to win”.

Predictive Fluid Modelling

Virtual Prototyping of Complex Fluids and Flowing Materials

Ineos Delays Forties Pipeline Shutdown

Azelis, Corteva and Sika to join Together for Sustainability Initiative

Henkel Sells Semiconductor Cleaning to Nippon Kayaku

Henkel Appoints Michael Nilles as Chief Digital & Information Officer

Sustainable Chemical Supply Chains

BASF Hosts Climate Summit of the Chemical Industry

Together for Sustainability: Bertrand Conquéret Elected as new President

Henkel Takes 3D Printing Firm Molecule

Chemical Distribution 4.0

“68% of chemicals worth $76 billion will be sold online within the next five years.” This was the message from leading market research institutes and consultants in 2000, at the start of the new millennium.

Who is the Future “Chemazon”?

The traditional business model of chemical distributors is currently fundamentally challenged on one side by digitally enabled activities from principals, logistics providers, customers, start-ups, larger chemical distributors or combinations of smaller players, who try their own online channels, and on the other side by general e-retailers like Alibaba or Amazon, who explore to enter also into chemical & material categories.

Kaneka Aerospace Takes Henkel’s Composites

Business Opportunities in the US

Ireland’s Thriving Pharma and Chemicals Producers Optimistic about Brexit

GCP Applied Technologies Buys Stirling Lloyd

BASF to Take Henkel’s Construction Chemicals

Henkel closes Acquisition of Sun Products

Henkel Expands Laundry Care With US Deal

Henkel Opens Composite Lab in Heidelberg

Van Bylen Takes Over From Rorsted as Henkel CEO

Industrial Biotech Firm Brain Plans IPO

Lessons from the Cosmetics Industry

Patrik Wohlhauser Terminated as Evonik COO

Reinventing Sustainable Value Creation