The Kurita Group has a 60-years-long history of experience as a leading company in the fields of water and the environment.

1949
Founded initially as a water treatment chemical business (boiler water treatment chemicals).

1951
Boiler Water Supply Laboratory established.

1959
KK Suzuki Shokai established a chemical cleaning company (now Kurita Engineering Co., Ltd.).

1961
Kansai Kurita Seibi KK. established as a maintenance company for water treatment facilities (predecessor of Kurita Technical Service Co., Ltd.).

1975
Kurita do Brasil LTDA. established to manufacture and sell water treatment chemicals in Brazil.

1975
Kurita Operation and Maintenance Services, Ltd. established as a water treatment facilities operation and maintenance company (now Kuritaz Co., Ltd.).

1978
Kurita (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. established as Kurita`s water treatment chemicals and water treatment facilities business base in Southeast Asia.

1986
PT Kurita Indonesia established to carry out the production and sale of water treatment chemicals in Indonesia.

1987
Kurita (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. established to conduct water treatment chemical manufacturing and sales in Taiwan.

1989
Kurita Europe GmbH established in Germany as Kurita`s base in Europe for water treatment chemical production and sales.

1989
Goshu Chemical Co., Ltd. established to conduct water treatment chemical manufacturing and sales in Thailand (now Kurita-GK Chemical Co., Ltd.).

1995
Kurita Water Industries (Dalian) Co., Ltd. established as Kurita`s base in China for water treatment chemical production and sales.

1996
Kurita America, Inc. established in the United States to conduct water treatment facilities sales and maintenance services.

1997
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. merges with maintenance company Kurita Technical Service Co., Ltd.

1998
Acquires an equity stake in Hansu Technical Service Ltd., which is involved in the production, sales and maintenance of water treatment facilities in Korea.

2001
Land Solution Inc. established as a consulting company dealing in soil remediation.

2001
Kuritec (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established as Kurita`s base in China for import, sales and maintenance services of water treatment facilities.

2003
Integration of precision tool cleaning business units from Group companies and establishment of Kuritec Service Co., Ltd.

2003
Analysis divisions from Group companies integrated to establish Kurita Analysis Service Co., Ltd.

2004
Kurita Water Industries (Suzhou) Ltd. established as a water treatment facilities production and sales base in China.

2005
Kurita Global Technology Center established through the integration of research and development facilities.

2009
Kurita Chemical Manufacturing Ltd. established as a new subsidiary to manufacture water treatment chemicals.

2015
Acquires water solution, paper solution and aluminum compound businesses of BK Giulini GmbH from Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL); establishes Kurita Europe APW GmbH.

2016
Kurita Europe GmbH and Kurita Europe APW GmbH merged into a company (named Kurita Europe GmbH).

2016
Kurita Polska SP.z.o.o. established in Poland as a water treatment chemicals sales company.

2017
Acquired Fremont Industries, LLC, a US water treatment chemicals manufacturing and sales company.

2017
Kurita-GK Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Vietnam) and Kurita Middle East FZE (United Arab Emirates) established as water treatment chemicals sales companies.

2017
Kurita R&D Asia Pte.Ltd. established in Singapore as a new R&D base.

2017
Acquires additional equity of equity method affiliate Hansu Co., Ltd., making it a consolidated subsidiary.

2018
Acquired a stake in Fracta, Inc., a U.S. Startup, and makes the company its subsidiary.

2019
Acquired U.S. Water Services, Inc. (United States), a company that manufactures and sells water treatment chemicals and facilities.

2019
Acquired Avista Technologies, Inc. in the United States, and Avista Technologies (UK) Ltd., which manufacture and sell RO chemicals.

2019
Kurita Kitakantou Co., Ltd. established as a new company offering total solutions for water treatment.

2020
Pentagon Technologies Group, Inc., a U.S.-based precision tool cleaning company, reorganized into a subsidiary.

2021
Kurita Engineering Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Kurita, integrated into Kurita through an absorption-type merger.

2021
Water treatment chemical companies in the Middle East, namely Kurita AquaChemie Ltd., Kurita Aquachemie Saudi Arabia Co., and Kurita AquaChemie

FZE made into group companies.

2021
Acquired Keytech Water Management, a Canadian water treatment chemicals company.

2022
Kurita Innovation Hub established as a new R&D facility to create innovations.

2023

Kurita acquires Arcada Engineering Group, an industrial engineering company specialized in water and process plants for the microelectronics & semiconductor industry and the construction of electrical switchboards.

Interview with Paulo Gomes, Marketing Director EMEA at Aquatech