Nalco, based in Naperville, Ill., provides services to industrial, energy and institutional market customers. Ecolab Chairman, President and CEO Douglas M. Baker Jr. said in announcing the deal on Wednesday that part of Ecolab#39;s success has come from its ability to expand the markets it serves. Cleaning and pest-control services company Ecolab Inc. is buying the water treatment company Nalco Holding Co. for about $5.4 billion in part to better position itself in the water management busines
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Ecolab Nalco to Merge