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• Sales increase to 20,029 million euros, first time above 20 bn euros: nominal growth +7.0%, organic growth +3.1%
• EBIT margin* reaches new high: +40 basis points to 17.3%
• Earnings per preferred share*: +9.1% to new high of 5.85 euros
• Record dividend** payout: +10.5% to 1.79 euros per preferred share
• Substantial progress in implementation of strategic initiatives
• Financial ambition for 2020 confirmed

• Sustainability performance improved once more
• More than 50,000 employees serving as sustainability ambassadors
• Partnership launched to stop ocean plastic
• Leading positions in international indices and ratings

Jens-Martin Schwärzler ‏(54), currently Corporate Senior Vice President and responsible for Henkel’s Consumer Goods Business in North America, has been appointed to the Henkel Management Board effective November 1, 2017. As member of the Management Board, he will be responsible for Henkel Beauty Care. He will succeed Pascal Houdayer ‏(48), who will leave the Management Board at the same time to pursue other interests.

Henkel presenta gli adesivi strutturali universali LOCTITE HY 4090 e LOCTITE HY 4080 GY. Questi prodotti prendono forza da un'innovativa tecnologia ibrida brevettata che combina le più importanti caratteristiche degli adesivi strutturali e istantanei: forza, velocità e durata. Questa potente combinazione fornisce prestazioni migliori su una vasta gamma di substrati e la loro versatilità consente di trovare molte più soluzioni di progettazione e assemblaggio.