Ecolab
| Ecolab Inc.
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| legal form | Incorporated |
| ISIN | US2788651006 |
| founding | 1923 |
| Seat |
St. Paul , United States
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| management | Douglas M. Baker Jr., CEO |
| Number of employees | 47,565 |
| sales | $ 13.2 billion |
| Branch | Hygiene products |
| Website | www.ecolab.com |
| As of December 31, 2016 | |
Ecolab Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial cleaning and hygiene products and services for hotels, restaurants, breweries, agriculture, food manufacturers, laundries, hospitals and building cleaners. Ecolab Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
history
The company was founded in 1923 by Merritt J. Osborn as the Evaporato Company and shortly thereafter renamed Economics Laboratory Inc. (EL) based in St. Paul , Minnesota . In the 1930s, the dishwashing detergent product Soilax became particularly popular. After the company's founder died in 1960, his son Edward Bartley Osborn († 1978) took over the company.
In 1961, the manufacturer of products for the agriculture and food industry, Klenzade Products Inc. from Beloit, Wisconsin, was acquired, which became known for its cleaning-in-place process for dishwashers. In 1964, the sanitary service provider Magnus Chemical Co. Inc., from Garwood, New Jersey, is taken over. In the 1970s, the product finish became particularly well known. In 1978 Fred Lanners took over the management and after his resignation in 1983 Pierson M. (Sandy) Grieve.
In 1984 the company Lystads Inc., Grand Forks, North Dakota, was taken over.
In December 1986 the company was renamed to the short form Ecolab.
In 1987, Reckitt Benckiser took over Ecolab's household brands for $ 250 million and Ecolab bought ChemLawn, the largest lawn care company in the United States, for $ 376 million, which was sold in 1989.
In 1991 the company entered into a joint venture for Europe with the German Henkel group. In 1995 Klenzade was incorporated into the Ecolabs Food & Beverage Division.
In 2007, the manufacturer of infection control and fluid control products, such as disposable devices and surgical accessories, Microtek Medical Holdings Inc. (founded in the early 1980s) from Alpharetta , Georgia, USA was taken over. In 2006, Microtek still had disposable surgical products manufacturer KMMS Holdings, Ltd. and its European manufacturing and distribution facilities (collectively referred to as Samco).
In 2011, as part of a merger, Nalco, also from the United States, was taken over with its industrial water treatment division.
Ecolab operates in more than 160 countries and employs over 40,000 people worldwide. In 2012, sales of almost 12 billion US dollars were achieved, 29% of which in the USA.
Business areas
- Healthcare (disinfectant)
- Building Care (cleaning products)
- Food Service & Hospitality (kitchen products)
- Textile Care (products for laundries)
- Food & Beverage Processing (products for the food industry)
- Quick Service Restaurant (cleaning in the fast food area)
- Food Retail Services (cleaning in the supermarket area)
Products
Ecolab produces some world famous brands of detergents and disinfectants .
Ecolab in Europe
The headquarters for the activities in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa) are located in Wallisellen , Canton Zurich in Switzerland.
Ecolab in Germany
Ecolab has several subsidiaries in Germany. These include Ecolab Deutschland GmbH with headquarters in Monheim am Rhein and Nalco Deutschland GmbH with headquarters in Frankfurt am Main. Ecolab Engineering GmbH (until 2008: Lang Apparatebau GmbH) in Siegsdorf is responsible for the development, production and sales of complex measuring, dosing and application systems.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2016 (English) , accessed on August 4, 2017
- ↑ http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=166749
- ↑ Merger with Nalco ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.wz-newsline.de/lokales/kreis-mettmann/monheim/ecolab-gewerbesteuer-ist-nicht-alles-1.1039182
- ↑ http://www.nalco.com/aboutnalco/germany.htm
