
	Ecolab, Inc.&nbsp;headquartered in&nbsp;St. Paul,&nbsp;Minnesota&nbsp;is a global provider of water, hygiene and energy technologies and services to the food, energy, healthcare, industrial and hospitality markets. It was originally founded as&nbsp;Economics Laboratory&nbsp;in 1923 by Merritt J. Osborn, and renamed to Ecolab in 1986.

	Ecolab delivers comprehensive programs and services that provide and protect clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments in more than 160 countries.
