CEO Douglas Baker

The company's Bedford Park Clearing Plant received an Exceptional Merit Award for the execution of Create and Maintain Value, a continuous improvement process to reduce energy and water use. Nalco, an Ecolab company, implements the Create and Maintain ...  

Ecolab Inc. (ECL) announced Monday morning that it has entered into a stockholder agreement with Cascade Investment L.L.C. and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust related to their investments in Ecolab. Ecolab has amended its stockholder rights plan so that Cascade and the Foundation Trust would in the future be able to acquire up to 25% of Ecolab's outstanding shares.  

Ecolab Inc. said Wednesday it will build a 300,000-square-foot addition to its Nalco facility in Gary, La., creating 22 full-time positions. St. Paul-based Ecolab (NYSE: ECL) said in a news release that the addition will increase the size of the dry polymer production facility to 1 million square feet and 235 employees. Also, 167 full-time construction jobs are expected to be created to build the facility, which is should be completed in...  

Ecolab Inc. moved on Monday to allow Microsoft co-founder and Chairman Bill Gates to increase his ownership stake in the St. Paul company to as much as 25 percent. Ecolab (NYSE: ECL) said in a news release that it has entered into an agreement with Cascade Investment and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust to allow the Gates investment vehicles to acquire up to 25 percent of the maker of hospital and restaurant cleaning products. Gates...  

Erik Fyrwald, the former Nalco Holding Co. CEO who became president of Ecolab Inc. in December after Ecolab bought Nalco, has resigned to become CEO of Univar USA Inc. Redmond, Wash.-base Univar is a global distributor of commodity and speciality chemicals. Fyrwald had been Nalco's CEO since 2008 and became Ecolab's president Dec. 1. "While Erik's departure was not unexpected, I will truly miss partnering with him," Ecolab CEO Doug Baker...