Henkel opens an adhesives plant in Mexico with an investment of 33.2 million euros
The German company Henkel invested 33.2 million euros in the adhesive plant in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, which will produce hot melt adhesives.
The German company Henkel inaugurated this Thursday an adhesives plant in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, with an investment of 33.2 million euros. The factory produces hot melt adhesives that are used, for example, for toilet paper tubes, diapers, the automotive industry, cereal boxes, sanitary napkins, and cigarettes.
Valentín López, president of Henkel in Mexico and Costa Rica, highlighted that the plant has unique technologies worldwide and said that the company registered sales in Mexico of 16,237 million pesos in 2021. López explained that more than 4,000 people work at Henkel in Mexico, where the company has 10 manufacturing plants, six of them for adhesives: 2 in Nuevo León, 2 in the State of Mexico, and 2 in the state of Guanajuato.
These adhesives are used in the consumer goods and packaging industry for food, beverages, and personal care products; box forming and closing, bottle labeling, heat-sealable, self-adhesive labels, and bookbinding, among other applications. The plant manufactures hot melt adhesives under the EASYFLOW brand.
In 2021, Henkel opened a distribution center in the State of Mexico with an investment of 800 million pesos, the company’s third-largest.
In its 2020-2021 financial year, Henkel reported sales of €20.1 billion and an adjusted operating profit of €2.7 billion. It employed 52,000 people and operates in 124 countries.
Source: Mexicoxport