ASI TOP 20 2019

Headnote

To develop the 2019 ASI Top 20 ranking of leading global adhesives and sealants manufacturers, we worked diligently to target company details focused specifically on adhesives and sealants.

Welcome to the ASI Top 20, our annual feature detailing the leading worldwide manufacturers of adhesives and sealants. To develop the ranking, we worked diligently to target sales figures (and other details) focused specifically on adhesives and sealants.

We would like to extend an enormous thank you to those who responded to our requests and provided these details. We understand that it involves a degree of effort, as well as trust in some cases, to compile and send this information, and we truly appreciate your participation. Your cooperation will help us continue to improve the quality of the list, ensuring its ongoing use as a global resource about and for the adhesives and sealants industry.

In addition to information supplied by company contacts, we gathered details from annual reports, company websites, press releases, and other sources. In cases where organizations did not respond to our requests or declined to provide adhesives/sealantsfocused information, and reasonable estimates could not be made based on publically available information, some companies did unfortunately have to be left out.

If you would like your company to be considered for the 2020 ASI Top 20, or if you have any questions or suggestions for future rankings, please contact Susan Sutton, editor-in-chief, at [phone] or [email protected].

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Henkel GmbH & Co. KGaA

Düsseldorf, Germany

www.henkel.com

CEO: Hans Van Bylen

Adhesive Technologies Board Member: Jan-Dirk Auris

Henkel's Adhesive Technologies business unit delivered sales of over €9.4 billion (approximately $10.6 billion) in 2018, representing organic growth of 4% compared to 2017 (including foreign exchange effects, sales were relatively flat with a 0.2% increase). The Adhesive Technologies division represents almost half (47%) of Henkel's total sales; the company's other two divisions include Beauty Care (20% of total sales) and Laundry & Home Care (32%).

Adhesive Technologies is organized into two business areas: Industrial; and Adhesives for Consumers, Craftsmen and Building. Within the Industrial segment, sales growth for 2018 was reported in the Packaging and Consumer Goods Adhesives, Transport and Metal, General Industry, and Electronics businesses. Adhesives for Consumers, Craftsmen and Building also delivered increased sales last...