With $5 billion in global sales, Ecolab is the world's leading provider of cleaning, food safety and health protection products and services for the hospitality, foodservice, healthcare and industrial markets.

Founded in 1923, and headquartered in St. Paul, MN, Ecolab reaches customers in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, employing more than 23,000 associates worldwide. Customers include hotels and restaurants; foodservice, healthcare
and educational facilities; quickservice (fast food) units; commercial laundries; light industry; dairy plants and farms; and food and beverage processors. Products and services are marketed by the industry’s largest and best-trained direct sales-and-service force, numbering more than 10,000 associates who advise and assist customers in meeting a full range of cleaning, sanitation and service needs.

A straightforward and clearly defined strategy guides Ecolab’s daily actions. Referred to as Circle the Customer – Circle the Globe, this describes Ecolab’s corporate strategy to continually expand the range of related products and services it offers to existing customers, no matter where they do business around the world. Proven successful for more than a decade, Circle the Customer – Circle the Globe has guided Ecolab’s associates and its business development across complementary business lines to create a range of additional product and service solutions for its customers. This has been – and remains today – key to Ecolab’s continued success and growth.

Ecolab common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Pacific Stock Exchange under the symbol ECL.