Ecolab Inc. has sold the restroom cleaning business it acquired through
the November 2015 acquisition of the U.S. operations of Swisher Hygiene
Inc. to Enviro-Master International Franchise LLC. Sales of the business
were approximately $28 million in 2015.
Ecolab continues to operate the warewashing, kitchen specialty, laundry
and housekeeping cleaning and sanitizing products and services business
of Swisher Hygiene, serving the foodservice, hospitality, retail and
healthcare markets.
“The restroom cleaning business provides an important service to the
marketplace, but was not a good fit with our long-term goals and
objectives. We thank the team for their efforts and wish them the best
moving forward with Enviro-Master,” said Bob Sherwood, executive vice
president and general manager, Ecolab Institutional North America.
The sale was completed on Oct. 25. Financial terms of the agreement were
not disclosed.
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 2015 sales of $13.5 billion and 47,000 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 around the world.
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