Henkel divests non-core activity
In line with its global strategy to focus on its core businesses and phase out marginal positions Henkel has sold its industrial water treatment business to BK Giulini, Ludwigshafen, Germany, an affiliate of Israel Chemical Ltd. (ICL).
In 2006, the water treatment business which was part of the Adhesives Technologies business sector generated sales of around 52 million euros and employed around 180 employees.