Ecolab is a global leader in providing cleaning, sanitation, and water management solutions across various sectors, including food, healthcare, hospitality, and industrial markets. The company develops, manufactures, and sells a wide range of products and services, such as dish and laundry washing systems, pest control, and infection control products. Ecolab is recognized for its comprehensive solutions and data-driven insights that enhance food safety, maintain clean environments, and optimize water and energy usage. With a strong presence in the U.S. market, Ecolab is also expanding its operations internationally, focusing on operational efficiencies and sustainability to meet the diverse needs of its customers.
CEO, Chairman and Member of the Safety, Health and Environment Committee
Daniel Schmechel
CFO
Past deals in Food Processing
Milk Moovement
Series A in 2022
Milk Moovement is a software company focused on the dairy industry, specializing in the raw milk supply chain. Founded in 2018 and based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the company offers a cloud-based platform that connects various stakeholders in the dairy supply chain. Its milk management system serves as an Enterprise Resource Platform for tracking milk pick-ups and monitoring production, which helps identify process improvements and enhance performance. The platform includes features such as transportation monitoring, production tracking, quality assessment, and producer payment, providing users with access to essential metrics and historical data. By streamlining operations and reducing waste, Milk Moovement aims to increase efficiency and profitability across the dairy supply chain.
CID LINES
Acquisition in 2020
CID Lines N.V., based in Ieper, Belgium, specializes in the manufacturing and sale of hygiene products across various sectors. Established in 1988, the company provides a wide array of solutions for livestock production, including disinfecting skin sprays, acidifiers, and drying powders, catering to dairy, pigs, poultry, and aquaculture industries. Additionally, CID Lines offers products for water treatment and general hygiene applicable to the meat and fish, dairy, beverage, and food processing industries. The company also produces vehicle care items such as disinfectants and glass cleaners, as well as horticultural care products for cleaning greenhouses. Hand hygiene solutions, including soaps and care creams, are part of their extensive product line. With a global presence through over 750 distributors and importers, CID Lines exports its innovative solutions to more than 90 countries. The company operates subsidiaries in several countries, including Poland, France, and the United Kingdom.
Holchem Laboratories
Acquisition in 2018
Holchem Laboratories specializes in the manufacturing and supply of hygiene and cleaning products tailored for the food and beverage, food service, and hospitality sectors in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company offers a diverse range of chemical cleaning solutions, including detergent disinfectants, foams, gels, and neutral detergents, as well as sanitizers, degreasers, wipes, and emulsifiers. These products are designed to effectively remove debris and contaminants while minimizing microbial risks, ensuring a high standard of cleanliness and safety in various industries, including dairy and breweries. Holchem Laboratories is committed to providing effective solutions that address the specific cleaning needs of its clients.
Jianghai Environmental Protection
Acquisition in 2015
Jianghai Environmental Protection Co., Ltd., headquartered in Changzhou, China, specializes in the manufacture and supply of water treatment chemicals. Founded in 2000, the company produces a range of products including phosphonate acid, phosphonate salts, and polymers, along with customized water treatment solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of clients. Jianghai serves large and medium-sized industrial enterprises across various sectors such as petroleum, petrochemicals, metallurgy, electric power, fertilizers, iron and steel, oilfields, and textiles. The company distributes its products both domestically and internationally, establishing itself as a key player in the industrial water treatment market.
Nalco Holding Company
Acquisition in 2011
Nalco is an Ecolab company. A trusted partner at more than one million customer locations, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services that protect people and vital resources. With 2012 sales of $12 billion and 44,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions and on-site service to promote safe food, maintain clean environments, optimize water and energy use and improve operational efficiencies for customers in the food, healthcare, energy, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world.
Midland Research Laboratories
Acquisition in 2005
Midland Research Laboratories makes water-treatment products for commercial, institutional, industrial, food- and sugar-processing markets.
Kay Chemical Company
Acquisition in 1994
Founded in 1932, Kay specializes in cleaning, sanitizing and food safety programs and services for the quick service restaurant and food retail service markets. Kay’s customers include some of the world’s largest quick service restaurant chains, fast-casual restaurant chains, supermarkets, mega-retailers, coffeehouses and donut shops. Kay products, programs and services help maintain clean and sanitized kitchens, restrooms, in-store delis, bakeries and butcher shops for a cleaner, safer and healthier customer experience. Kay employs approximately 1,100 people throughout the world including chemical and process engineers, chemists, microbiologists, regulatory specialists, technical account experts, marketing and sales, and support staff. Approximately 500 work at Kay’s Greensboro headquarters and manufacturing facility and approximately 50 employees work at the company’s Winston-Salem distribution center.
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