Ecolab Fills Key Leadership Positions

Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, MN, recently announced that three executives have accepted new senior roles in the company. Two executives will assume new positions in the company’s Textile Care division, while another departs the division for another senior role within the company.

Andreas Weilinghoff, who joined Ecolab in 1987, has been named executive vice president, Global Textile Care. Weilinghoff recently helped launch Ecolab’s Middle East and Africa region, and previously served as senior vice president and general manager of Food & Beverage for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and as vice president and general manager of Textile Care, Europe.

Dave Adams recently was promoted to vice president and general manager of Textile Care, North America. He has worked for Ecolab for 30 years, and held several leadership positions throughout the company’s various businesses. Most recently, Adams was the vice president and general manager of Ecolab’s Pure Force business in North America.

Both Weilinghoff and Adams, who will report to Weilinghoff, are assuming the responsibilities previously held by Mike Johannsen, who served as senior vice president of Global Textile Care. Johannsen recently was named senior vice president of Global Light Water within the company’s Global Water and Process Services business.