Ecolab helps keep cruise ships, amusement parks, and other facilities clean and sanitary through a full range of cleaning and sanitation products and services. They meet client needs through innovative solutions and exceptional service that enhance productivity, efficiency, food safety, and achieve superior sanitation results. Ecolab works behind the scenes to help customers run more worry-free businesses and keep areas clean.

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2. Relax.
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3. We help keep everything shipshape.
Institutional Pest Elimination
Warewashing, on-premise Commercial pest elimination
Cruise lines turn to Ecolab for the most effective sanitation programs laundry, housekeeping, water and prevention services.
filtration and conditioning,
available and reliable service on a global basis. We meet ships at port,
kitchen equipment repair,
providing a full range of time-saving, cost-effective solutions that vehicle wash, warehandling,
make maintenance easier – and make guests’ experiences safer and and pool and spa manage-
ment products, programs
more pleasant. Ecolab. We help keep things clean and sanitary. Not
and services.
just on cruise ships. But almost everywhere under the sun.
9:00 a.m. No dirty
Our hand soaps
11:30 a.m. Sparkling tableware
washed with Ecolab products
greets hungry brunch guests.
3:30 p.m. Let the sun shine in. 1:20 p.m. Temp
programs help
Our products keep cabin
windows streak-free.
4:00 p.m. As always,
we’ve made happy hour
glasses spotless.
5:45 p.m. No flies in
the dining room thanks
to Pest Elimination.
12:30 a.m. Sleepy passengers are welcomed by fresh, bright sheets – our advanced
laundry systems keep them that way.
11:59 p.m.: Final
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for the commercial, industrial
and healthcare markets.
hands on deck.
keep them clean.
1:05 p.m. Our pool and spa
programs make
sure water is
clean, pure and
odor-free.
erature hits 92° F. Ecolab’s Water Care
ensure air conditioning is trouble-free.
10:45 p.m. Ecolab
gives one shining
performance after
another, from
kitchen to cabin to
dining room.
ship inspection. We pass with flying colors.
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6. Enjoy.
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7. We make things worry-free.
Institutional Pest Elimination
Warewashing, on-premise Commercial pest elimination
Ecolab goes far beyond cleaning products and equipment. With inno- laundry, housekeeping, water and prevention services.
filtration and conditioning,
vative solutions and exceptional service, we help amusement parks –
kitchen equipment repair,
and other facilities – enhance productivity, increase efficiency, vehicle wash, warehandling,
improve food and employee safety, and achieve superior sanitation and pool and spa manage-
ment products, programs
results. Day and night, we work behind the scenes, helping our cus-
and services.
tomers run more worry-free businesses, as well as keep them clean.
8:00 a.m.: Shuttle buses shine,
thanks to Ecolab vehicle wash.
9:45 a.m. Beverages refresh guests. Our
filters purify water in soft drink fountains,
keeping sodas tasty
to the last drop.
11:25 a.m. We have
sanitation problems
licked.
2:35 p.m. Udderly
5:30 p.m. A dishmachine
Our products keep
needs repair. Ecolab’s
machine clean.
prompt service prevents
downtime.
8:00 p.m. We make
restaurant glassware and
10:45 p.m. Walkways shine. utensils sparkle. Wash
Proper floor maintenance after wash.
helps reduce slips and falls.
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Cleaning and sanitation Cleaning and sanitizing Floor-care, carpet-care, odor- Water treatment programs Cleaning and sanitizing
products and training products and services control, personal hand soap, for boilers, cooling water products, equipment and
programs for the quickservice for large on-premise surgical scrub, disinfecting and waste treatment systems. programs for the agribusiness,
restaurant, convenience store and commercial laundries. and general sanitizing prod- beverage, brewery, dairy and
and food retail markets. ucts, programs and systems food processing industries.
for the commercial, industrial
and healthcare markets.
9:00 a.m. No spots on uniforms.
Our cutting-edge laundry solutions
removed them again.
12:30 p.m. After a morning of
fun, a family lathers up with
Ecolab hand sanitizer – and
2:00 p.m. Ecolab’s
prevents the spread of germs.
odor-control
programs keep busy
rest rooms fresh,
morning ‘til night.
fantastic.
the yogurt
7:45 p.m. You retire to a spotless room.
Fresh sheets, bright towels, clean bath.
1:00 a.m.: The clean-up crew calls
it a night. Ecolab is still on call.
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9. Rest assured.
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11. We clean right down to the bottom line.
Institutional Pest Elimination
Warewashing, on-premise Commercial pest elimination
In food and beverage processing plants, Ecolab helps ensure condi- laundry, housekeeping, water and prevention services.
filtration and conditioning,
tions are right for quality, safety and savings. From the moment raw
kitchen equipment repair,
materials enter a facility to the time products leave for supermarket vehicle wash, warehandling,
shelves, our programs go to work. They help prevent cross-contamina- and pool and spa manage-
ment products, programs
tion from surfaces, systems, water, pests and even plant employees.
and services.
Shift after shift, they help customers maintain top-quality results.
7:45 a.m. Wastewater is dis
by Ecolab, it complies with
6:00 a.m. The first shift arrives.
Ecolab’s boot sanitizer at doorway
stops contaminants in their tracks.
9:15 a.m. Everyone is
comfortable. Our cooling
8:30 a.m. State certified specialist tower chemistry helps
control scale, corrosion
from Ecolab presents customized and microbiological activity,
preventing breakdown.
pest elimination solutions
2:45 p.m. A plant manager analyzes
Ecolab’s sanitation chemical usage
report. Costs are down. Quality is up.
4:45 p.m. A poster reminds employees
of proper hand washing procedures,
courtesy of Ecolab.
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12. Kay Textile Care Professional Products Water Care Services Food & Beverage
Cleaning and sanitation Cleaning and sanitizing Floor-care, carpet-care, odor- Water treatment programs Cleaning and sanitizing
products and training products and services control, personal hand soap, for boilers, cooling water products, equipment and
programs for the quickservice for large on-premise surgical scrub, disinfecting and waste treatment systems. programs for the agribusiness,
restaurant, convenience store and commercial laundries. and general sanitizing prod- beverage, brewery, dairy and
and food retail markets. ucts, programs and systems food processing industries.
for the commercial, industrial
and healthcare markets.
charged. With treatment
strictest of standards.
3:00 a.m.
The ECO2000
Rodent Bait
Station keeps
germ-carrying
pests at bay.
10:45 a.m.
Ecolab chemistry
preserves water quality,
front end to back.
1:30 p.m. An other shipment goes out. Our conveyor
lubricants h elp keep bottles moving.
4:00 p.m. Ecolab – 11:35 p.m. There’s no room
sponsored training for error. Our clean-in-place
equipment dispenses precise
session boosts
concentrations of pipeline
employee efficiency. sanitizer – time after time.
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