Henkel intends to invest in enlargement of plants of Diadema and Jundiaí
Valor Econômico
The German Henkel, which produces from industrial adhesives to the Super Bonder glue and Pritt line, plans to invest from R$ 20 million to R$ 30 million (US$ 11.8 million to US$ 17.6 million) in two projects of productive expansion intended for the car and packaging sectors. The projects will be implemented between 2011 and 2012 and they involve the creation of two new productive areas in the plants of Diadema - unit that produces adhesives for the car and steel industries - and Jundiaí, where it produces adhesive for packaging and for the printing industry.
"There are ten major projects developed by the company worldwide and two of them are in Brazil. The country is being privileged", told Valor the President of Henkel in Mercosur, Julio Muñoz Kampff. Without providing further details, the Executive stressed out the emerging countries have broadened their participation in the results of the multinational, from 38% of the earnings in 2009 to 41% last year. And that has influenced the allocation of investments of the headquarters.
The participation of Latin America on the results of the group, however, is still small - 6.5%, and more than 30% of the earnings in the region come from Brazil. "It's still little, but we (Brazil) have grown organically at nearly 10% in the past five years", considered Kampff. In 2010, the Brazilian subsidiary presented net earnings of R$ 769 million (US$ 436.9 million), which represented organic growth of 11% compared to the previous year. The result was driven mainly by the sales to the industry, such as the car sector, the printing industry and the industry of household appliances.
At its balance sheet released yesterday, the German company showed the organic growth in the sales in Latin America stayed at 9.8%, amounting to € 982 million. Worldwide, on its turns, the results of the multinational totaled € 15.1 billion in 2010, growth of 7%. The global net profit attributable to the shareholders amounted to € 1.1 billion, compared to the € 602 million registered a year earlier. For 2011, the German company, based in Düsseldorf, expects organic growth of 3% to 5%. "At the moment, we are under the influence of the rise in the prices of the raw materials. Crude oil and polypropylene (a type of plastic resin) are examples", highlighted Kampff.