Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

History

Year	Detail
1876	Fritz Henkel and his two partners founded Henkel and Cie in Aachen, Germany.
1878	Henkel's first branded product was launched.
1907	Persil was launched.
1913	Henkel founded its first subsidiary, Henkel and Cie AG, in Basel-Pratteln, Switzerland.
1929	The company expanded its business in Australia and South America.
1950	The company acquired TheraChemie.
1951	Pril Powder was launched.
1969	Launch of Pritt glue stick
1975	Henkel GmbH chnaged into Henkel KGaA.
1991	Cognis was founded as Henkel's subsidiary.
1995	Henkel acquired Schwarzkopf.
1997	Henkel acquired Loctite.
2001	Sales of Cognis.
2004	Henkel acquired The Dial Corp.
2011	Henkel launched Forscherwelt .
2014	Henkel acquired Spotless Group SAS.
2016	Acquired The Sun Products Corp.
2022	Henkel acquired Shiseido's Asia-Pacific salon business.
2023	Henkel merges its laundry, home care, and beauty care into one business unit of consumer brands.