“On the wings of strong organic growth, Henkel achieved good growth in the second quarter despite significant negative effects of currency movements and higher material prices.
We have raised quarterly sales to the highest level ever, further improved the EBIT margin and achieved the highest quarterly adjusted earnings in history” said Henkel’s CEO Hans Van Bylen and added: “The Adhesive Technologies Sector has achieved very strong organic growth, the sector Detergents and Home Chemistry recorded good growth, and the Beaty Care sector also worked in the plus.” With €5.143b, sales in the second quarter of 2018 reached a new record level and a nominal growth of 0.9% compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Organic sales, which did not include the effects of currency movements and acquisitions / divisions, had a strong growth of 3.5%.