PRESSE & MÉDIAS

L’ambassadeur de l’Union Européenne en Algérie, son Excellence Monsieur Thomas Eckert, effectue une visite de courtoisie au niveau du site de production de Henkel Algérie à Chelghoum Laid. La visite a permit de constater la transformation du site en pôle d’industrie 4.0 suite aux derniers investissements de Henkel.

Henkel Algérie reconduit son initiative solidaire “Tahla Lemma” portée par sa marque Pril Isis pour la 9ème édition à l’occasion du mois sacré. Cette année encore, et pendant tout le mois de Ramadan, Henkel Algérie distribue des repas à travers le pays grâce à des partenariats avec des associations caritatives locales.

• Group sales rise to around 5.5 billion euros, +3.3 percent organic growth
• Organic sales increase driven by both business units:
  • Adhesive Technologies achieves strong organic growth of +3.7 percent
  • Consumer Brands reports good organic sales growth of +2.7 percent
• Ambitious climate protection targets expanded through net-zero roadmap: Greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to net-zero by 2045
• Sales and earnings guidance for fiscal 2024 reiterated – clear chance to reach upper half of earnings ranges

• Group sales grow organically by 2.9 percent in the first half of the year to around 10.8 billion euros ‏(nominal -1.0 percent) – growth in both business units
• Operating profit ‏(EBIT)*: very strong increase to 1,610 million euros ‏(+28.4 percent)
• EBIT margin* also improves very strongly to 14.9 percent ‏(+340 basis points)
• Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)* increase by around a third to 2.78 euros, +32.9 percent at constant exchange rates
• Very good free cash flow of around 800 million euros
• Further progress in implementing strategic growth agenda
• Earnings outlook for fiscal 2024 already raised in mid-July:
  • Organic sales growth: 2.5 to 4.5 percent ‏(unchanged)
  • Adjusted return on sales: 13.5 to 14.5 percent ‏(previously: 13.0 to 14.0 percent)
  • Adjusted earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS): increase in the range of +20.0 to +30.0 percent at constant exchange rates ‏(previously: +15.0 to +25.0 percent)
• Mid- to long-term financial ambition already to be reached mid-term