Henkel AG und Co KGaA

German consumer goods and adhesives company with its head office at Düsseldorf, founded in 1876 and listed in Frankfurt. Runs an adhesive technologies business making adhesives, sealants and functional coatings for industry, including medical device and packaging adhesives, and a consumer brands business making laundry and home care products and hair care, colouration and body care under Persil, Schwarzkopf, Dial and other brands, with its own research and development centres and product safety and toxicology laboratories.