Ecolab Inc. is a global provider of water, hygiene, and infection prevention products and services. Manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, commercial laundry, and other industries benefit from its Global Industrial segment, which provides water treatment and process applications, as well as cleaning and sanitising solutions. The company's headquarters are in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where it was founded in 1923.