ST. PAUL, Minn. -  Ecolab Inc.'s Senior Executive Vice President and President - Global Food & Beverage and Asia Pacific Latin America, Thomas W. Handley, will address financial analysts at the Jefferies 2012 Global Clean Technology Conference in New York, N.Y. on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Ecolab will host a live webcast of Mr. Handley's presentation. Details for the webcast are as follows:


TIME:             10:00 am Eastern Time
DATE:            Wednesday, February 22, 2012
DURATION:    Approximately 25 minutes
WEBSITE:     http://www.ecolab.com/investor            
ARCHIVE:      A replay of the webcast will be available through March 2, 2012.

To access the webcast, go to the Investor Calendar section of Ecolab's web site at www.ecolab.com/investor and click on the webcast details. Listening to the webcast requires Internet access and the Windows Media Player or other compatible streaming media player.