Henkel Launches Automotive Adhesive Facility in Chakan, Pune

Henkel Adhesive Technologies India has opened a new state-of-the-art warehouse complex at Chakan, Pune, one of India's fastest-growing auto manufacturing centers. The purpose-built warehouse has been established to meet the unique logistics requirements of automotive customers to enable Just-in-Time (JIT) supply paradigms for enhanced efficiency and responsiveness.

The new warehouse facilitates better supplier collaboration and encourages automotive prototyping innovation. The facility can process non-standard prototype materials (IDH) with complete SAP-enabled traceability, recording essential information like batch numbers, production history, and expiration dates. Scalably designed, the campus is organized to accommodate growth and plant expansions through 2030 in a display of Henkel's long-term investment in the Indian automotive industry.

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Henkel Adhesive Technologies, a worldwide leading company of adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings, serves more than 800 industry segments and over 100,000 customers globally. The firm started its operation in India in 1996 and now has five plants, such as the LEED Gold-certified Kurkumbh plant near Pune. Henkel has innovation centers, application laboratories, and training academies in India.

In the mid-2024 period, Henkel had finished Phase III of the Kurkumbh facility with a new production line for Loctite with cutting-edge automated systems such as ASRS and Industry 4.0 technologies, as its vision to be carbon neutral by 2030. Recent expansion includes the launch of a 17,000 sq. ft. Application Engineering Center in Chennai in February 2025 and expanding its electronics manufacturing base at Kurkumbh, in line with India's electronics industry under the Make in India and PLI initiatives.

Henkel keeps driving India's industrial innovation forward with eco-friendly, high-performance solutions in various industries.