Henkel today published its preliminary figures for the first half of . Sales amounted to 10,813 million euros. This corresponds to good organic sales growth of 2.9 percent. In particular, the adjusted return on sales and adjusted earnings per share exceeded market expectations: The adjusted return on sales (adjusted EBIT margin) rose to 14.9 percent (previous year: 11.5 percent). Adjusted earnings per preferred share amounted to 2.78 euros in the first half of . At constant exchange rates, this represents an increase of 32.9 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Due to the very strong development so far and factoring in the expected business development in the remainder of the year Henkel has raised its outlook for the earnings development in . This is mainly due to higher profit expectations in the Consumer Brands business unit, while at the same time increasing investments in marketing to support innovations. The outlook still considers the expectation of higher prices for direct materials in the second half of the year. 

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Rubis Terminal&#;s Full Conversion to Dialight LEDs

Motivated by its highly successful installation of Dialight industrial LED lighting at its brand-new terminal in , Rubis Terminal in the Netherlands has committed to full conversion to LED lighting throughout its facility. So far, the company has seen reductions in emissions and energy costs, as well as long-term fixture reliability, less maintenance and improvements in visibility and #safety! Their officials&#; satisfaction with Dialight&#;s performance and savings led to retrofitting the entire facility, including Terminal I, which has now been completed in Phase 2 with over 180 new fixtures!

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