Ecolab Acquires South African Pest Elimination Business

Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, MN, has entered the commercial pest elimination market in South Africa through the acquisition of Elimco, Cape Town, South Africa. In 2003, Elimco had sales of approximately $4 million.

“This marks our second pest elimination acquisition this year and reflects yet another step in our commitment to expand our attractive and growing pest business globally to help serve our customers in this key area of sanitation,” commented Allan L. Schuman, chairman and chief executive officer of Ecolab, a $3.8 billion company. “We will continue to aggressively pursue the development of new product and service solutions to meet our customers’ critical sanitation needs around the world and to grow our business.”