Company philosophy

• We are customer-driven
• We aspire to excellence in quality
• We embrace change
• We are successful because of our people

• We provide technologies that consistently meet or exceed our customers’ expectations
• We listen to our customers, respond quickly to their needs, anticipate future needs and provide the highest value at a fair price
• The quality of our products and the dialog with our customers are the means by which we establish long-term partnerships based on reliability, credibility, and mutual trust
  
  

• We set consistently high quality standards
• We seek to extend and consolidate a leading position of our technologies through ongoing stringent quality controls in product development and in the impregnation process itself, as well as through continuous process optimization
• We cultivate and strengthen quality awareness among our employees through ongoing training, information and motivation
• The first-class quality of our service means more than high product performance. It includes all-encompassing product safety and ecological compatibility

• We anticipate changes well in advance
• We are able to respond to changing circumstances by adapting our processes and structures rapidly and flexibly. This enables us to maintain the greatest possible efficiency at all times and at all locations

• We value and respect our people. Their talents and skills are our strength
• Our success is founded on the knowledge, social competence, and high commitment of our personnel
• We expect our staff to apply the highest standards of honesty and integrity to all their conduct in daily business
• We assist our employees in bringing their dedication to their job into harmony with their private lives
• We expect outstanding performance and reward success

• We live out a culture of trust, mutual respect and openness – both within the company and to the outside

History

1980    KID Imprägniertechnik GmbH founded by Peter Hüls       
1980    Impregnation Centre and headquarter opened in Grafing near Munich
1981    Impregnation Centre opened in Holzgerlingen (near Stuttgart)
1982    Headquarter move from Grafing to Unterföhring
1983    Name changes to KID Imprägnier – und Polymertechnik GmbH & Co. KG
1993    Quality Management System to ISO 9004-2 installed
1994    Company/headquarter move from Unterföhring to Parsdorf near Munich
1997    Impregnation Centre opened in Chemnitz
1998    Impregnation Centre opened in Salzgitter
1999    Acquired by  Henkel KGaA Düsseldorf
1999    Name changes to Loctite-KID GmbH & Co. KG as a result of the acquisition
2001    Impregnation Centre opened in Berlin        
2003    Impregnation Centre opened in Garching (near Munich)
2003    Certification to ISO TS 16949-1999
2003    Regrouped into "Technologies Ressort" following Henkel corporate restructuring effort
2004    Operations in a total of 10 Service Centres spread all over Germany
2004    Certification to DIN ISO TS 16949:2002
2006    Name changes to Henkel Loctite-KID GmbH following intercompany reorganisation
2006    New Henkel Impregnation Centre opened in Bielsko-Biala/Southern Poland
2007    Corporate centre move from Munich to Garching

2008    Impregnation Center opened in Hildburghausen

2009    Impregnation Center opened in Hagen (near Dortmund)

2009    Impregnation Center opened in St. Ingbert

2009    Manager: Markus Alterauge