NAPERVILLE, Ill., Sept. 22, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nalco Company (NYSE:NLC), providing essential expertise for water, energy and air, was in the top 20 percent of the 500 largest U.S. companies in Newsweek's first Green Rankings, which was announced in the magazine's September 28th issue.
"It is an honor to be included in this list," said Nalco Chairman and CEO J. Erik Fyrwald. "Nalco continually works to develop sustainable technologies that have environmental, economic and social benefits. Our mission is to help our customers save water and energy, enhance production and improve air quality all while helping them reduce their total cost of operations. All Nalco employees appreciate this recognition of those efforts."
Nalco finished 92nd in the 2009 Newsweek Green Rankings and was ranked 8th out of 47 companies listed in its industry category. Newsweek worked with KLD Research & Analytics, Trucost and Corporateregister.com to rank the largest companies in the United States by looking at three areas: environmental performance, policies and reputation. More information is available at www.newsweek.com/green.
About Nalco
Nalco is the world's leading water treatment and process improvement company, delivering significant environmental, social and economic performance benefits to our customers. We help our customers reduce energy, water and other natural resource consumption, enhance air quality, minimize environmental releases and improve productivity and end products while boosting the bottom line. Together our comprehensive solutions contribute to the sustainable development of customer operations. Nalco is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. More than 11,500 Nalco employees operate in 130 countries supported by a comprehensive network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices and research centers to serve a broad range of end markets. In 2008, Nalco achieved sales of more than $4.2 billion. For more information visit www.nalco.com.
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