INDUSTRY, CA, Jan. 5 -- Henkel has pledged more than $1.3 million in aid for victims of last month's tsunami in southeast Asia.

Henkel will make a cash donation of $677,000 (500,000 euros) plus clothing and hygiene products valued at $677,000 (500,000 euros).

"Henkel has endeavored to respond to this catastrophe by providing aid and assistance to the victims in as rapid and as unbureaucratic a manner as possible," said Knut Weinke, executive vice president, human resources.

Henkel is a provider of consumer and industrial brands like Loctite adhesives, Dial soap, Duck duct tape.