IN BRIEF (Page 16)
Henkel has been committed to making people's lives easier for more than 130 years.
A Fortune Global 500 company, Henkel offers strong brands and technologies in three areas of competence: home care, personal care and adhesive technologies.
Each day, about 50,000 employees worldwide are dedicated to fulfilling Henkel's claim "A Brand like a Friend".
In 2009, Henkel generated sales of 13,573 million euros and adjusted operating profit of 1,364 million euros.
In Asia Pacific sales amounted to 1,657 million euros. The share of sales accounted for by Asia Pacific increased to 12 percent in 2009.
(China Daily 05/19/2010 page16)
