About Business
Ecolab is a US-based chemicals and food safety company that was formed in 1923 and headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It specializes in technologies for cleaning, purification, and treatment of water. The company was originally established as an Economics Laboratory by Merritt J. Osborn in 1923 and renamed Ecolab in 1986.? After the establishment of the Economics Laboratory, the company started the business with a unique product that can easily clean hotel carpets. They named their product Absorbit. After that, the company grew in the United States and acquired Magnus Company in the 1950s. After the name change from Economics Laboratory to Ecolab, the company was also seated on the New York Stock Exchange.
