Ecolab is a $4.2 billion company, founded in 1923.
Ecolab provides supplies to restaurants, hospitals, food and beverage plants, laundries, schools, retail and commercial properties, and more. Ecolab has operations in nearly 70 countries and employ more than 21,000.
Ecolab, a Fortune 1,000 company, is the leader in providing commercial facilities such as office buildings, schools and restaurants with solutions for cleaning, sanitizing, pest elimination, and maintenance.
Ecolab's main purpose for automating was to improve productivity of its field associates and administrative staff and provide service-related information to its customers more quickly.
Ecolab also notes that the deployment is sharpening their competitive edge.
Ecolab responded by filing with the court an affidavit from its general counsel stating that, based on a review of Ecolab's and Ecolab Manufacturing's records, it appeared that the product had been manufactured and sold to Hernández's employer by Ecolab Manufacturing.
Hernández also argued that, even if Ecolab did not manufacture or sell the product, it was nevertheless liable under the doctrine of agency by apparent authority because the product and the included warnings and instructions indicated that Ecolab was the manufacturer.
Ecolab contends that Hernández forfeited the right to make this argument because Hernández did not present it to the district court in his response to the show cause order.