Henkel Awards Suppliers for Outstanding Contributions

ORLANDO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–For the 11th time, at the 2018 American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Annual
Meeting and Industry Convention, from January 29th to February 2nd in
Orlando, Florida, Henkel presented 15 awards to its top suppliers for
their best-in-class performance in 2017. This year for the first time,
Henkel awarded one winner and two second prizes for each of the five
categories. The Beauty Care winner as Best Innovation Contributor was
Clariant, the winning Sustainability Award went to Solvay. For Laundry &
Home Care, the winning award for Best Innovation Contributor was given
to IFF, the Sustainability Award winner was DuPont. Winner of the “Best
Supply Performance” of Finance/Purchasing was Novozymes.

With a review of the year 2017 and a recap of Henkel’s 2020+ strategy,
Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum, Corporate Senior Vice President R&D Laundry &
Home Care, opened the award ceremony and welcomed more than 200
representatives of more than 30 major suppliers. As a symbol for the
strong support by Henkel’s raw material suppliers in winning together,
he outlined that this year for the first time, not only the winners in
each of the five award categories were honored on stage, but also two
second-prize winners per category.

Clariant won the award as “Best Innovation Contributor Beauty Care
2017”

Thomas Förster, Corporate Vice President R&D Beauty Care, explained the
advantages of the newly developed Perlogen SF3000 by Clariant, a liquid
pearlizing concentrate with 30 percent better efficiency when compared
with standard pearlizers. Henkel Beauty Care applies this new ingredient
in its shampoos for a silky shine that makes them appear richer. The
winners of the second prize were Ashland for novel cationic polymers
with excellent care properties both in styling and in hair care, and
Symrise for a multi-component formulation solution for high sunlight
protection factor skin care creams combining skin protection with the
benefits of a day cream.

Solvay honored as winner of the “Sustainability Award Beauty Care
2017”

For its sustainable guar initiative that has empowered already 4,000
guar farmers in India, Solvay received the winning Sustainability Award
for Beauty Care. “Guar is a source of natural polymers used in home and
personal care products,” said Thomas Förster, Corporate Vice President
R&D Beauty Care. “We apply this sustainable ingredient in the Fiber
Therapy technology of our Gliss Kur Hair Repair range.” The second
prizes went to Agrana for tailor-made, residue-free starches used in
high-performing dry shampoos to reduce the usage of hot water, and to
UPM Raflatac for its innovative RafCycle label liner recycling process
which converts liner waste to pulp and paper, enabling Henkel to recycle
500 tons of liner waste per year in its plants and to save more than 40
percent of energy and 10 percent of water in the paper production
process.

IFF is winner as “Best Innovation Contributor Laundry & Home Care
2017”

“To our new Suprême range of fabric finishers with fine fragrance
perfume oils, IFF made a major contribution with the combination of
multi-phase capsule technology with substantive aroma-chemicals for a
superior long-lasting scent experience,” said Michael Dreja, Corporate
Director Research Laundry & Home Care. BASF was honored as second prize
winner for the joint development of an entirely new high-performance
ingredient for liquid laundry detergents with unique performance
benefits in stain removal. Novozymes received the award as second prize
winner for their enzyme technology for hand dishwashing detergents with
Duo-Effect removing fat, starch and burnt-in residues while keeping the
sink clean, supporting this dishes & drain benefit with a highly
convincing, strong visual demonstration.

DuPont awarded as winner of the “Sustainability Award Laundry & Home
Care 2017”

DuPont provided Henkel with a high-performance enzyme for best-in-class
wash results in a broad range of detergents. “DuPont’s innovative enzyme
technology exhibits superior efficiency at comparably low dosage. This
saves material, time and money and is a perfect example for
sustainability contribution,” stated Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum, Corporate
Senior Vice President R&D Laundry & Home Care. Second prize winners in
this category were Sasol for a new raw material solution for efficient
sourcing compatible with a broad product portfolio enabling efficient
material management in Henkel’s production plants, as well as Evonik for
a unique specialty ingredient for easy ironing that reduces wrinkles and
ironing friction through the wash and by this reduces ironing effort,
time and energy.

Novozymes is winner of “Best Supply Performance 2017” award

Key elements for outstanding supply performance are excellent
operational performance and best-in-class service combined continued
progress in risk management and supplier managed inventory. “Novozymes
pioneered in a joint transformation roadmap towards an interconnected
supply chain,” said Thomas Holenia, Corporate Vice President Global
Purchasing Raw Materials. Second prizes winners were Shell for excellent
support during tight market situations and supply bottlenecks, and
Stepan for their significant effort to secure the supply of a complex
portfolio with huge volumes

Bertrand Conquéret, President Global Supply Chain and Corporate Vice
President Purchasing at Henkel, concluded by thanking all suppliers for
their continued strong support as part of ONE!Henkel team. He encouraged
the suppliers to continue the journey to mitigate risk and volatility,
to go together for sustainability and digitalization, and to invent for
superior products to Henkel’s consumers.

About Henkel

Henkel operates globally with a well-balanced and diversified portfolio.
The company holds leading positions with its three business units in
both industrial and consumer businesses thanks to strong brands,
innovations and technologies. Henkel Adhesive Technologies is the global
leader in the adhesives market – across all industry segments worldwide.
In its Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care businesses, Henkel holds
leading positions in many markets and categories around the world.
Founded in 1876, Henkel looks back on more than 140 years of success. In
2016, Henkel reported sales of 18.7 billion euros and adjusted operating
profit of 3.2 billion euros. Combined sales of the respective top brands
of the three business units – Loctite, Schwarzkopf and Persil – amounted
to more than 6 billion euros. Henkel employs more than 50,000 people
globally – a passionate and highly diverse team, united by a strong
company culture, a common purpose to create sustainable value, and
shared values. As a recognized leader in sustainability, Henkel holds
top positions in many international indices and rankings. Henkel’s
preferred shares are listed in the German stock index DAX. For more
information, please visit www.henkel.com.

Contacts

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