Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Named One of America’s Greatest Companies 2026 by Newsweek

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 2, 2026--

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation (NYSE: ZWS) announced today it was named one of America’s Greatest Companies 2026.

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The annual ranking, developed by Newsweek in partnership with Plant-A Insights Group, recognizes 650 U.S. companies demonstrating strong performance in financial leadership, innovation, workforce excellence and sustainability. Zurn Elkay earned the recognition in its first appearance on the America’s Greatest Companies list and was one of only nine Wisconsin-headquartered companies included in the 2026 ranking.

“We are honored to be recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Companies,” said Todd A. Adams, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions. “This recognition reflects the strength of our culture, the innovation that drives our growth and our commitment to creating sustainable value for associates, customers, shareholders and the communities we serve. We remain focused on executing our strategy, delivering meaningful impact and building an even stronger company for the future.”

America’s Greatest Companies 2026 was developed by Newsweek in partnership with Plant-A Insights Group to provide a comprehensive assessment of corporate performance. Zurn Elkay has been included in several Newsweek lists, such as America’s Most Responsible Companies (2022-26), America’s Greenest Companies (2025-26) and World’s Greenest Companies (2026). To learn more about Zurn Elkay Water Solutions and its sustainability efforts, including the company’s most recent sustainability report, visit zurnelkay.com/sustainability.

About Zurn Elkay Water Solutions

Named one of America’s Greatest Companies and America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek and one of America’s Best Companies and the World’s Best Companies for Sustainable Growth by TIME, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is a growth-oriented, pure-play water management business that designs, procures, manufactures and markets what we believe to be the broadest sustainable product portfolio of specification-driven water management solutions to improve health, hydration, human safety and the environment. The Zurn Elkay product portfolio includes professional grade water safety and control products, flow systems products, hygienic and environmental products, water heating and filtered drinking water products for public and private spaces. Learn more at zurnelkay.com.

Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements

Information in this release may involve outlook, expectations, beliefs, plans, intentions, strategies or other statements regarding the future, which are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based on information available to Zurn Elkay Water Solutions as of the date of this release, and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. The statements in this release are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results could differ materially from current expectations. Numerous factors could cause or contribute to such differences. Please refer to “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in our report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2025, as well as the Company’s subsequent annual, quarterly and current reports filed on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a further discussion of the factors and risks associated with the business.

America’s Greatest Companies 2026 was developed by Newsweek in partnership with Plant-A Insights Group to provide a comprehensive assessment of corporate performance. Zurn Elkay has been included in several Newsweek lists, such as America’s Most Responsible Companies (2022-26), America’s Greenest Companies (2025-26) and World’s Greenest Companies (2026). To learn more about Zurn Elkay Water Solutions and its sustainability efforts, including the company’s most recent sustainability report, visit zurnelkay.com/sustainability.

“We are honored to be recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Companies,” said Todd A. Adams, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions, on the company's inclusion in Newsweek's list of America's Greatest Companies 2026. "This recognition reflects the strength of our culture, the innovation that drives our growth and our commitment to creating sustainable value for associates, customers, shareholders and the communities we serve. We remain focused on executing our strategy, delivering meaningful impact and building an even stronger company for the future.”

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation announced it was named one of America’s Greatest Companies 2026. The annual ranking, developed by Newsweek in partnership with Plant-A Insights Group, recognizes 650 U.S. companies demonstrating strong performance in financial leadership, innovation, workforce excellence and sustainability. Zurn Elkay earned the recognition in its first appearance on the America’s Greatest Companies list and was one of only nine Wisconsin-headquartered companies included in the 2026 ranking.

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of over 6,100 confirmed cases, the latest government data showed Wednesday, as the disease is spreading at an unprecedented speed, faster than efforts to track and slow it.

Data from Congo’s Ministry of Health showed the outbreak has recorded 6,186 confirmed cases, including 3,007 deaths since it was declared a global health emergency in mid-May. It remains the fastest-growing outbreak of Ebola ever.

Recent weeks have witnessed a surge in cases, with two new health zones affected last week in North Kivu, where the fatality rate is much higher than in the rest of the affected provinces. The virus has spread to six provinces.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control said Tuesday in a report that the efforts to contain the virus “remained below established response targets” and the fast expansion of the disease across many health zones indicates “uncontrolled expansion of the outbreak.”

Health workers are struggling under difficult conditions and have gone on strike multiple times to demand their pay.

The disease has continued to spread rapidly for several reasons, including conflict in the eastern region of the country where the outbreak is concentrated, attacks on health workers, miners constantly on the move, and inadequate health infrastructure.

The resumption of school in the middle of the outbreak has also raised concerns about transmission in classrooms.

The World Health Organization said the outbreak is on track to exceed the deadliest on record, West Africa's regional outbreak between 2014 and 2016, which killed 11,000 people.

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak is possibly three times larger than the number of cases recorded, as surveillance and contact tracing are still weak. Despite that, the outbreak has already become Congo's deadliest Ebola outbreak.

There is no vaccine or approved treatment for the rare Bundibugyo virus that has sparked the current outbreak. A couple of vaccines are currently being developed to tackle the disease.

Last week, the government started the distribution of the Ervebo vaccine to front line health workers in Kisangani in the northeastern Tshopo region. Ervebo has helped combat previous Ebola disease outbreaks and the WHO said it could offer some protection.

A school official checks students' temperatures as they enter school, on the first day of the new school year amid the Ebola virus outbreak, in Ituri, Congo, Tuesday, Sept.1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

People dressed in protective gear lower into a grave the coffin containing the remains of Jeannine Katusabe, who died of Ebola, during a burial service in Bunia, Ituri province, eastern Congo, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)