Henkel Adhesive Technologies has announced the 2021 winners of its annual Supplier Awards, with which the business unit each year recognises ‘the close and successful collaboration across its value chains’. This year’s recipients were BASF, Eastman and Schütz in the three categories of Sustainability, Innovation and Operational Excellence.
The annual award ceremony, which was held as a hybrid event, took place at the Henkel headquarters in the new Inspiration Center Düsseldorf of Adhesive Technologies, where its raw materials suppliers and partners in the areas of logistics and packaging could physically attend the event.
The Sustainability Award went to BASF SE, in recognition of that company’s ‘excellent support’ and ‘outstanding contribution’ to Henkel’s sustainability targets and ambitions. BASF and Henkel are jointly driving a variety of initiatives for a sustainable future, including joint technology development projects to increase health and safety standards, enabling the reduction of the CO2 footprint via bio-mass balanced raw materials for new adhesive products and the partnership in the ReciChain initiative.
“Sustainability without a doubt has become the key megatrend impacting societies and businesses, and we see a massive increase of customer demands for solutions enabling CO2-reduction, circular economy and health and safety” explained Csaba Szendrei, Corporate Senior Vice President Packaging and Consumer Goods Adhesives at Henkel. “BASF shares our deep commitment to drive sustainable change and has demonstrated strong contributions that support our ambitious sustainability targets.”
The recipient of the Innovation Award was Eastman Chemical Company, honouring Eastman´s ‘outstanding commitment to collaborative innovation’, that ‘enabled the development of customised materials for new solutions across multiple technologies and business units’. In addition, Eastman demonstrated strong leadership in creating sustainable technologies.
The Operational Excellence Award was presented to Schütz GmbH & Co. KGaA, a leading manufacturer of high-quality transport packaging headquartered in Selters, Germany and recognises the company´s outstanding supply performance in a very challenging market environment. In addition, the company has demonstrated a strong commitment to build a global top-quality packaging partnership, supporting market growth, while pursuing sustainability enhancement targets.