M&A Deal Summary

Ecolab Acquires Shield Medicare

On June 16, 2006, Ecolab acquired environmental company Shield Medicare

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ecolab’s 1st transaction in the Environmental sector.
  • This is Ecolab’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-06-16
Target Shield Medicare
Sector Environmental
Buyer(s) Ecolab
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Shield Medicare

Farnham, United Kingdom
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Shield Medicare Ltd. is a European developer, manufacturer and marketer of contamination control products used in pharmaceutical, medical device and hospital clean rooms.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ecolab

St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1923
Sector Environmental
Employees47,000
Revenue 14.2B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION
Ecolab's corporate headquarters in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota.
Ecolab's corporate headquarters in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota.

Ecolab is a provider of water, hygiene and energy technologies and services. The Company serves businesses in the foodservice, food processing, hospitality, healthcare, industrial, and oil and gas markets. Ecolab was incorporated in 1923 and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 52
Sector (Environmental) 1 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 11 of 40
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 4
Year (2006) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-04 Midland Research Laboratories

Lenexa, Kansas, United States

Midland Research Laboratories Inc., a Lenexa, Kansas based provider of water treatment products, process chemicals and services serving the commercial, institutional, industrial, food and sugar processing markets.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-09-12 Duchem Industries

Newnan, Georgia, United States

Duchem Industries, Inc., manufactures and markets cleaning and sanitizing products for the food and beverage processing market.

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