M&A Deal Summary

Ecolab Acquires Grace-Lee Products - Specialty Chemical Business

On December 10, 1997, Ecolab acquired chemicals company Grace-Lee Products - Specialty Chemical Business from Grace-Lee Products

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ecolab’s 4th transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Ecolab’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Ecolab’s 1st transaction in Minnesota.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1997-12-10
Target Grace-Lee Products - Specialty Chemical Business
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Ecolab
Sellers(s) Grace-Lee Products
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Grace-Lee Products - Specialty Chemical Business

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Grace-Lee Products - Specialty Chemical Business is a manufacturer and marketer of cleaning products for the U.S. industrial market.

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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 6 of 53
Sector (Chemicals) 4 of 22
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 9
State (Minnesota) 1 of 3
Country (United States) 3 of 31
Year (1997) 5 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1997-10-02 Gibson Chemical Industries

Melbourne, Australia

Gibson Chemical Industries Ltd., is a manufacturer and marketer of cleaning and sanitizing products, primarily for the Australian and New Zealand institutional, healthcare and industrial markets

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-05-18 GCS Service

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

GCS Service, Inc., a provider of commercial kitchen equipment repair services.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Grace-Lee Products

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Category Company
Sector Chemicals
DESCRIPTION

Grace-Lee Products, Inc. a manufacturer and marketer of cleaning products for the U.S. industrial market.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Chemicals) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Minnesota) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (1997) 1 of 1