PRESS & MEDIA

• Group sales: around 5.2 billion euros; organic development -1.0 percent
• Adhesive Technologies: positive organic sales growth of 1.1 percent with positive volume 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 percentage range ‏(at constant exchange rates)

Henkel published its Q1 2025 statement on May 8, 2025.

The quarterly statement and the link to the media call ‏(in German) can be found in this press kit.

Henkel has opened a new Adhesive Technologies Application Engineering Center in Shanghai. Focusing on future-oriented technologies across key industries, the center is designed to accelerate the transformation of innovations into industrial applications through the testing of localized applications and process scale-up. The facility is expected to further enhance Henkel’s ability to serve both the Chinese and Asia-Pacific markets.

• Collaboration leverages Sasol’s advanced wax innovation to reduce carbon emissions across Henkel’s adhesive value chain