HENKEL SELLS HAMBURG OIL AND FATS SUBSIDIARY

  Applied chemicals group Henkel KGaA
  &lt;HNKG.F> said it is selling its Hamburg vegetable oil and fats
  subsidiary Noblee und Thoerl GmbH to Oelmuehle Hamburg AG.
      A company spokesman declined to give the purchase price.
  Noblee, a supplier of specialised refined oils and fats to the
  food processing industry, had turnover of 161 mln marks last
  year.
      A Henkel statement said the divestment was part of the
  company's strategy of concentrating on its core businesses. For
  Oelmuehle, the acquisition of Noblee means access to new
  markets, the statement added.
  

