Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (栗田工業株式会社) is a Japanese manufacturer, providing water treatment chemicals and facilities as well as process treatment chemicals.[3] During the 1950s Kurita Water Industries expanded the portfolio and started with the water treatment facilities business, chemical cleaning business (Kurita Engineering Co., Ltd.) and maintenance services. In her second decade, the 1960s, Kurita Water Industries entered the process treatment market, especially in the pulp and paper, petrochemical and steel industries. Since the mid of the 1970s up to now, Kurita Water Industries established 14 overseas subsidiaries and affiliates. Since 2003 Kurita Water Industries is listed in the Nature Stock Index (NAI = Natur-Aktien-Index).[4]
History
The company was founded in 1949 upon chemical water treatment business (boiler water treatment chemicals). The founder of the company, Haruo Kurita, who had previously served in the Japanese navy, started selling boiler water treatment chemicals based on the navy boiler technology.
In 1951 Kurita entered into water treatment facilities business and established its first R&D center. Two years later the company expanded their offering by starting the chemical cleaning business while 1958 saw Kurita expanding their maintenance services. In 1961 the company was listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange