1984 Lystads, Inc., a Midwest regional pest elimination leader, is the first of several U.S. regional pest service firms acquired that lead to creation of the pest elimination division in 1987.
2002 Terminix operations in the United Kingdom expands Ecolab’s business in an important market.
2004 Nigiko in France brings pest elimination services to customers to continental Europe.
2011 InsetCenter pest elimination business substantially increases the company’s Brazilian pest elimination service capacity and scale.
2017 Food Protection Services LLC (FPS), Royal Pest Solutions, Inc., and Research Fumigation Company, LLC bring licensed fumigation specialists to Ecolab pest elimination in the U.S.
New products, services, geographies and acquisitions have combined to increase Ecolab’s capabilities and total market opportunity. The chart below tracks the opportunity expansion: