Company Profile During the past century, Nalco Company has grown from a fledgling water treatment business to the leading integrated water treatment and process improvement company in the world. We do this by focusing on our core markets of water treatment and process chemicals and on our corporate strengths - global presence, on-site expertise, and innovative products and services. Nalco's more than 11,000 employees work with more than 70,000 customers in 130 countries in industry, government and institutions to reduce water and energy consumption by solving and preventing problems, protecting the environment, decreasing costs, increasing productivity, improving profitability by reducing customer total costs of operation, and maintaining asset reliability. Nalco works to meet its customers' needs through our commitment to identifying, nurturing, protecting and growing new technologies. Through global research groups, Nalco develops key ideas, advancing them rapidly and efficiently through our product development process. We apply advanced scientific principles and techniques to develop practical solutions to challenges in a wide variety of industries and applications. Research & Development Corrosion & scale control Corrosion and scale problems impact all industrial boilers, cooling towers and process equipment. Nalco has studied the problems for over 70 years and has a history of imaginative and innovative solutions. For additional information, click here for boiler or cooling water applications. Process treatments From mineral processing to papermaking, to food, to fabricated metals, to colloidal technologies, Nalco process treatments help keep our customers' dynamic systems operating efficiently and effectively.
Separation technology Sludge dewatering, coal flotation, water clarification, paper retention and drainage, heavy metals removal... all of these situations require the application of separation technology, a long-standing Nalco strength. Biomanagement Microbiological growth in industrial systems, from cooling towers to paper machines, can cause extensive damage to equipment and affect actual output. We integrate innovative products, monitoring equipment and our expertise to put customers back in control of microbiological contamination.
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