Pupils gear up for Henkel Innovation Challenge

This is innovation with a difference, an initiative that takes Henkel’s commitment to community to a different level. Since its inception, Henkel has always believed in direct and intensive communications with the student community.
One of the company’s key initiatives in this direction is the Henkel’s international competition targeting students — the Henkel Innovation Challenge.
This year, the Henkel Innovation Challenge is into its sixth annual edition, and brings together students from 27 countries globally on a common platform.
The challenge offers unmatched opportunities for students to gain valuable business experience.
Henkel’s Organization Development Manager for GCC Asli Tumer said: “Through Henkel Innovation Challenge, we offer students the possibility to translate theoretical knowledge into practice and gain a business experience. We are excited to see new ideas that the students will bring with this simulation and to use this opportunity for employer branding purposes to attract the right talent on-the-spot for possible positions at Henkel.” The Henkel Innovation Challenge invites students from across the globe to create a new product or technology for a Henkel brand in 2050 and triple the value they create by promoting sustainable development.
The best teams will develop their own idea supported by Henkel mentors and present it in front of a Henkel top-level management jury for the regional semifinals in February 2013.
The top teams selected in the semifinals will be invited to the international final in Shanghai (March 18-20, 2013) for the final round of the challenge.
The first place winning team will receive a ticket around the world worth 10,000 euro.
Mahdi Al-Dugaish, Henkel’s recruitment and training manager in Saudi Arabia, said: “Henkel places great value on direct and intensive communication with students and the Henkel Innovation Challenge is a great opportunity for students to acquire valuable business experience, ideas and contacts, which will help them immensely in their career paths.”