the consolidated history of the ecolab inc. subsidiary nalco water ; including its foundation in 1928 as national aluminate corporation and the 2011 acquisition by ecolab . for the consolidated history of its parent company see ecolab . nalco water an ecolab company type wholly owned subsidiary industry chemicals and water treatment predecessor national aluminate corporation 1928 1959 nalco chemical company 1959 1999 ondeo nalco company 1999 2003 founded 1928 as national aluminate corporation 1959 as nalco chemical company 1999 as ondeo nalco company 2003 as nalco holding company 2011 as nalco holding company a subsidiary of ecolab headquarters naperville illinois united states key people herbert kern founder wilson evans co founder revenue 3.9 billion 2007 owner ecolab number of employees 11 500 website http nalco.ecolab.com nalco water an ecolab company is a naperville illinois based supplier of water energy and air improvement solutions and services for industrial and institutional markets . the company sells various products and services designed to reduce energy water and other natural resource consumption enhance air quality minimize environmental releases and improve productivity and end products . 1 the company was originally founded in 1928 as the national aluminate corporation formed from the merger of chicago chemical company and the aluminum sales corporation . by a series of mergers and acquisition its name changed to nalco chemical company 1959 1999 ; then ondeo nalco company 1999 2004 ; and in 2004 to nalco holding company . it became a subsidiary of ecolab inc. in december 2011 after the completion of the us 5.4 billion acquisition by ecolab . gt dex 1 gt dex 2 nalco water currently serves more than 70 000 customers employing over 11 500 employees operating in over 130 countries . citation needed among its products is corexit an oil dispersant widely used in the deepwater horizon oil spill . contents 1 history 2 exxonmobil ties 3 lobbying activity and financial contributions to political candidates 4 references 5 external links history edit the company traces its origins to 1928 in the united states with the establishment of national aluminate corporation formed from the merger of chicago chemical company and the aluminum sales corporation . 2 in 1959 it changed its name to nalco chemical company ; and in 1964 it became a publicly traded company listed on the new york stock exchange . it acquired industrial bio test laboratories in 1966 . the company was delisted from nyse and renamed to ondeo nalco company following its 1999 acquisition by the french company suez presently gdf suez . gt dex 3 on 9 december 2003 the private equity group consisting of the blackstone group apollo management lp and goldman sachs capital partners collaborated to acquire ondeo nalco company from suez sa for us 4.2 billion . gt dex 4 the company went public again returning to the new york stock exchange in late 2004 under the name nalco holding company . in 2007 nalco water achieved sales of more than us 3.9 billion . in july 2011 nalco water announced a merger with ecolab inc. and it became a wholly owned subsidiary of ecolab inc. in december 2011 after the completion of the us 5.4 billion acquisition by ecolab . gt dex 5 gt dex 1 gt dex 6 gt dex 2 exxonmobil ties edit in 1994 nalco water and exxon chemical company announced the formation of the joint venture nalco exxon energy chemicals l.p. to provide products and services to all facets of the petroleum and natural gas industries . in 2001 nalco which by then named ondeo nalco strengthened its position in the petroleum industry when nalco exxon energy chemicals l.p. became part of the company through redemption of exxonmobil stock in the joint venture . daniel s. sanders who was previously president of exxon mobil chemical company a subsidiary of exxon mobil ; serves on the nalco s now ecolab s board . 3 4 lobbying activity and financial contributions to political candidates edit the center for responsive politics documents nalco company political action committee financial contributions to political candidates with 2010 contributions to judy biggert r il charles boustany r la dan lipinski d il john shimkus r il and dick durbin d il . 5 the crp also lists nalco holding company s spending on lobbying including 160 000 in 2010 to ogilvy government relations to lobby on their behalf to the u.s. house of representatives and the senate the department of the interior and the environmental protection agency between april 1 and june 30 of 2010 on issues related to the use of corexit 9500 in the gulf of mexico oil spill . 6 references edit nalco company profile from linkedin . retrieved 18 august 2012 . fundinguniverse profile nalco holding company businessweek nalco holdings profile accessed 16 may 2010 daniel s sanders bio from ecolab website opensecrets.org nalco opensecrets.org nalco holding co fundraising spending by cycle accessed 28 august 2008 a b ecolab closes on merger with nalco . mobotecusa.com . 9 december 2003 . retrieved december 2011 . check date values in access date help a b sec filing nalco holding company . mobotecusa.com . december 2011 . retrieved 21 july 2012 . nalco forms outsourcing unit . brief article . business.highbeam.com . 9 december 1999 . retrieved 20 july 2012 . private equity group acquires ondeo nalco company . ethanolproducer.com . 9 december 2003 . retrieved 21 july 2012 . ecolab agrees to buy nalco for 5.4 billion to add water treatment service . bloomberg.com . july 2011 . retrieved 21 july 2012 . ecolab merger to build on nalco s legacy . mobotecusa.com . december 2011 . retrieved 21 july 2012 . external links edit nalco chemical official website nalco merger lawsuit info v t e illinois based corporations fortune 500 corporations by size 2013 walgreens boots alliance archer daniels midland boeing caterpillar inc. state farm insurance abbott laboratories sears holdings united continental 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