Our Business

Today, Ecolab is the multi billion leading global developer and marketer of premium cleaning, sanitizing, pest prevention, maintenance and repair products and services for the world's hospitality, institutional and industrial markets.

Circling the globe, we have direct operations in nearly 70 countries and employ more than 26,000 associates.

Ecolab reaches customers in more than 100 other countries through distributors, licensees and export operations. To meet the global demand for our products, we operate state-of-the-art manufacturing and distribution facilities worldwide, expanding and tailoring services to meet the unique needs of local markets.

In the UK, our business offers value-added cleaning, sanitation and service solutions via several complementary business units:

• Contamination Control
• Hospitality & Food Service
• Pest Elimination
• Healthcare
• Food & Beverage
• Textile Care

Each is dedicated to providing our customers with the highest-quality, most effective products, systems and services.

The Business Units

Contamination Control: Shield Medicare is a market leader in the supply of specialist contamination control products to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare and medical device industries worldwide.

Hospitality & Food Service: Cleaning and santizing products, programs and services for the foodservice, hospitality, healthcare, retail, building services industries, including warewashing, on-premise laundry, housekeeping, water filtration and conditioning, food safety products, specialty kitchen and laundry products, and pool and spa management.

Pest Elimination: Service and technology for the detection, identification, elimination and prevention of pests in commercial facilities, as well as food safety auditing and training services.

Healthcare: Products and services including healthcare personnel hand wash, surgical scrubs, cleaning and disinfection products used in processing surgical instruments, and hard surface disinfection.

Food & Beverage: Cleaning and sanitizing products, equipment, systems and services for the agribusiness, beverage, brewery, pharmaceutical, dairy, meat, poultry and food processing industries.

Textile Care: Cleaning and sanitizing products, programs and services, including water recycling energy solutions, and data management systems, for commercial laundries serving the work wear, linen and healthcare markets.