M&A Deal Summary

Ecolab Acquires Nalco

On July 20, 2011, Ecolab acquired chemicals company Nalco for 8.1B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ecolab’s 8th transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Ecolab’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Ecolab’s 16th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Ecolab’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-07-20
Target Nalco
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Ecolab
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 8.1B USD
Advisor(s) Goldman Sachs (Financial)
Cravath, Swaine & Moore (Legal)

Target

Nalco

Naperville, Illinois, United States
Nalco is a sustainability services company focused on industrial water, energy and air applications, delivering significant environmental, social and economic performance benefits to their customers. Nalco helps customers reduce energy, water and other natural resource consumption, enhance air quality, minimize environmental releases and improve productivity and end products while boosting the bottom line. Its comprehensive solutions contribute to the sustainable development of customer operations. More than 12,000 Nalco employees operate in 150 countries supported by a comprehensive network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices and research centers to serve a broad range of end markets.

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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 23 of 53
Sector (Chemicals) 8 of 22
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 17 of 41
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 16 of 31
Year (2011) 2 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-03-04 O.R. Solutions

Chantilly, Virginia, United States

O.R. Solutions, Inc., is a developer and marketer of surgical fluid warming and cooling systems in the United States.

Buy $260M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-10-31 Hicopla Higienización y Control de Plagas

Barcelona, Spain

Hicopla, Higienización y Control de Plagas is a provider of pest evaluation, detection and prevention services.

Buy -
Mergr

Product

Company

Legal