M&A Deal Summary

Ecolab Acquires Alcide

On March 11, 2004, Ecolab acquired chemicals company Alcide

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ecolab’s 5th transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Ecolab’s 9th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Ecolab’s 1st transaction in Washington.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-03-11
Target Alcide
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Ecolab
Deal Type Merger

Target

Alcide

Redmond, Washington, United States
Alcide Corp., develops and markets unique biocidal products based on its patented technology. Alcide currently sells anti-infective products to the animal health market, disinfecting products to medical industries and SANOVA antimicrobial to the food processing industries.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ecolab

St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Category Company
Founded 1923
Sector Environmental
Employees48,000
Revenue 15.3B USD (2023)
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 founded in 1923 and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 53
Sector (Chemicals) 5 of 22
Type (Merger) 1 of 1
State (Washington) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 9 of 31
Year (2004) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-02-11 Daydots International

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Daydots International Ltd. a manufacturer and supplier of food safety products including food rotation labels and food preparation and handling bags.

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FOLLOWING 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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