Henkel reports first quarter income and sales rise

摘要

GERMANY Henkel, the maker of Persil and Loctite, reported a rise in income and sales in the first quarter of 2010 and said it expects to see a 15% rise in adjusted operating profit by the end of the year. First quarter net income rose by nearly 120% from ?121 million in the year ago quarter to ?266 million this time. At the same time, sales rose 7.8% to ?3.5 billion.