Henkel gets new North American HQ

Stamford, Conn. — Henkel Consumer Goods officially has a new North American Headquarters. The company began operations at its new location in downtown Stamford, Conn. in late August with the arrival of roughly 425 employees from both the company’s laundry and home care business and its beauty care business.

“With the opening of our collaborative new space, it’s never been a more exciting time to be at Henkel,” said Jens-Martin Schwaerzler, president of Henkel Consumer Goods and GM of laundry and home care, North America. “With our new North American consumer goods headquarters in Stamford, we’re poised for additional growth that will drive continued success in Connecticut and across North America.”

Henkel occupies more than 155,000 sq. ft. of space across three floors of the building, and the company expects it to house more than 500 employees over hte course of 2018. The space also will contain its administrative departments, including human resources, finance, legal, IT, purchasing and corporate communications. Henkel said it plans to opena  new research and development facility and customer experience center at the location to support the beauty care business and offer customers the ability to try new products and share feedback.