Ecolab to purchase Purate from AkzoNobel
A specialist in chlorine-dioxide based antimicrobial water treatment technology
Ecolab has agreed to buy AkzoNobel's Purate business, which specialises in chlorine dioxide-based antimicrobial water treatment technology and has sales of approximately US$23m.
No financial details have been released.
“Chlorine dioxide is recognised as an excellent antimicrobial agent to control biologic growth primarily in cooling towers and a wide variety of other industrial water treatment applications,” said Timothy Mulhere, Ecolab’s Executive Vice President and President, Global Water and Process Services.
He added that Purate's technologies complement Ecolab’s 3D Trasar technology, which combines chemistry, remote services and sophisticated monitoring and controls to improve industrial operations to help customers reduce water use, improve energy efficiency and lower total cost of operations.
