St. Paul, Minn.--(Business Wire) -- For the 64th consecutive year, Ecolab Inc. will pay cash dividends on its common stock, $0.13 per common share for the latest quarter.

Ecolab is a global developer and marketer of premium cleaning, sanitizing, pest elimination, maintenance and repair products and services for the hospitality, institutional, food and beverage, and industrial markets. For the year ended December 31, 2000, Ecolab reported sales of $2.3 billion; including Henkel-Ecolab European joint venture sales, Ecolab's global sales coverage was $3.1 billion.