UK Regulators Order Ecolab To Divest Holchem

After an in-depth review, the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority has told Ecolab Inc. it must sell its main U.K. rival Holchem, which it acquired late last year. The regulatory body concluded that the merger “may result in a substantial lessening of competition in the U.K. and could lead to an increase in prices, as…