Ecolab Agrees to Sell Equipment Care Business to Audax

ST. PAUL, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ecolab Inc. announced it has agreed to sell its Equipment Care business
to Audax Private Equity, a Boston, Mass.-based private equity firm.
Equipment Care had 2016 sales of $180 million. Completion of the
transaction is subject to regulatory clearance and is expected to close
in the fourth quarter. No further details were disclosed.

Ecolab Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Douglas M. Baker, Jr.
commented, “This sale enables us to sharpen our strategic focus on our
core businesses, while assuring Equipment Care customers will receive
excellent ongoing service. In addition, our Equipment Care colleagues
will benefit from Audax’s focus on the business and will have access to
resources that will support future growth. We thank them for their many
contributions and wish them every success in the future.”

About Ecolab
A trusted partner at more than one million
customer locations, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene
and energy technologies and services that protect people and vital
resources. With 2016 sales of $13 billion and 48,000 associates, Ecolab
delivers comprehensive solutions and on-site service to promote safe
food, maintain clean environments, optimize water and energy use, and
improve operational efficiencies for customers in the food, healthcare,
energy, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries
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