Company Profile - ECOLAB

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Company
With more than $6 billion in global sales, Ecolab is the global leader in cleaning, sanitizing, food safety and infection control products and services.

Headquarters
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Founded
Ecolab has been partnering with customers for more than 80 years. St. Paul native Merritt J. Osborn started Economics Laboratory in 1923. Our name was changed to Ecolab in 1986.

Employees
More than 26,000 associates worldwide

Global ReachEcolab serves customers in more than 160 countries across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.

* Africa/Middle East
* Asia/Pacific
* Europe
* Latin America
* North America
Ecolab delivers comprehensive programs and services to the foodservice, food and beverage processing, hospitality, healthcare, government and education, retail, textile care, commercial facilities, and vehicle wash industries.

Ecolab is committed to assisting customers worldwide with their unique needs by providing them with comprehensive, value-added solutions and professional, personal service. With more than 14,000 sales-and service experts, Ecolab employs the industry's largest and best-trained direct sales-and-service force, which advises and assists customers in meeting a full range of cleaning, sanitation and service needs.

Business Units
Institutional: Cleaning and sanitizing products, programs and services for the foodservice, hospitality, healthcare, retail, building services industries, including warewashing, on-premise laundry, housekeeping, water filtration and conditioning, food safety products, specialty kitchen and laundry products, and pool and spa management.

Kay: Cleaning and sanitizing products, services and training programs for quickservice (QSR) restaurants, food retail markets, movie theaters and convenience stores.

Pest Elimination: Service and technology for the detection, identification, elimination and prevention of pests in commercial facilities, as well as food safety auditing and training services.

Food & Beverage: Cleaning and sanitizing products, equipment, systems and services for the agribusiness, beverage, brewery, pharmaceutical, dairy, meat, poultry and food processing industries.

Healthcare: Products and services including healthcare personnel hand wash, surgical scrubs, cleaning and disinfection products used in processing surgical instruments, and hard surface disinfection.

GCS Service: Service and parts for the repair and maintenance of commercial foodservice equipment.

Textile Care: Cleaning and sanitizing products, programs and services, including water recycling energy solutions, and data management systems, for commercial laundries serving the work wear, linen and healthcare markets.

Vehicle Care: Vehicle cleaning, protection and detailing products and services for full-service tunnel, quick-service in-bay, self-service and detail car wash operations and corporate-owned transportation fleets.