ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL): 2015 FIRST QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS: Reported sales -1%; fixed currency and acquisition adjusted fixed currency sales +4% led by the Institutional, Industrial and Other segments, with strong gains in the Latin America and Middle East & Africa regions as well as good growth in Europe Reported diluted EPS $0.77, +24% Record adjusted EPS $0.80, +8%, excluding special gains and charges and discrete tax items, as raw material cost savings, cost