1886
First sales of Henkel products in Austria

1927
Introduction of Persil & Voith in Austria

1982
Persil company changes its name to Henkel Austria GesmbH

1994
Partition into Henkel Austria and Henkel Austria Group

1998
Henkel Austria Group changes its name to Henkel Central Eastern Europe

1999
Retention of HCEE as subregion

2000
Responsibility for the Ukraine

2002
Henkel CEE acquires 70% of Henkel Merima, Serbia

2003
Responsibility for Russia (Detergents, Adhesives, Surface Technologies)

Fusion of Henkel Austria with Henkel CEE to Henkel Central Eastern Europe

2005
Henkel CEE expands once again, integrating CAC (Central Asian Countries) business operation

2006
Henkel Central Eastern Europe takes over the detergent segment of Henkel Turkey

2007
On April 1st Henkel merged the adhesives and technology businesses

Opening of five Adhesives Technologies production plants in Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine

Henkel Slovensko established the Shared Service Center Finance in Bratislava, Persil celebrates 100th anniversary

2008
Henkel opened its first manufacturing facility in the Central Asia-Caucasus region. A Henkel Bautechnik (construction materials) plant close to Almaty (Kazakhstan) commenced production operations.

2009
New detergent plant officially opened in Ankara, Turkey

2010
Expansion of the production facility and the Central Warehouse in Vienna