| 1949 |
Founded as a water treatment chemical business (boiler chemicals) and boiler cleaning business |
| 1949 |
Our group was founded in 1949 with a business in boiler water treatment chemicals. |
| 1949 |
Our group was founded in 1949 with a business in boiler water treatment chemicals. |
| 1951 |
Started water treatment equipment business and established a boiler feedwater research institute in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture |
| 1951 |
Started water treatment equipment business. Established the Boiler Feedwater Research Institute in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. |
| 1953 |
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| 1953 |
Developed boiler acid cleaning technology. |
| 1957 |
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| 1957 |
Expanded into wastewater treatment equipment field. |
| 1958 |
Launched maintenance and service business and expanded into the amenity field |
| 1958 |
Expanded into cooling water treatment chemicals. Started maintenance and service business. Expanded into amenities field. |
| 1959 |
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| 1959 |
Established Suzuki Trading Company (predecessor of Kurita Engineering). |
| 1961 |
Expanded into wastewater treatment chemicals and established Kurita Seibi Corporation and Kurita Trading Co., Ltd. |
| 1961 |
Expanded into wastewater treatment chemicals. Established Kansai Kurita Maintenance (predecessor of Kurita Technical Service). Established Kurita Trading (predecessor of Kuritac). |
| 1962 |
Established a comprehensive research institute in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture |
| 1962 |
Established a comprehensive research institute in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. |
| 1963 |
Set up an overseas business division at Kurita Industries |
| 1963 |
Set up an overseas business division at Kurita Industries. |
| 1965 |
Delivered the world's first flowing pool to an outdoor leisure facility |
| 1965 |
Expanded into pulp and paper, petroleum process chemicals. Delivered the world's first flowing pool to outdoor leisure facilities. |
| 1966 |
Established Kurita Takatsuki Manufacturing Plant (predecessor of Kurita Chemical Manufacturing) |
| 1966 |
Established Kurita Takatsuki Manufacturing (predecessor of Kurita Chemical Manufacturing). |
| 1967 |
Delivered Japan's first wave-making pool to an outdoor leisure facility |
| 1967 |
Delivered Japan's first wave-making pool to outdoor leisure facilities. |
| 1971 |
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| 1971 |
Expanded into steelmaking process chemicals. |
| 1972 |
Delivered the world's largest reverse osmosis desalination system at the time |
| 1972 |
Delivered the then world's largest reverse osmosis desalination system. Expanded into civil engineering and construction chemicals. |
| 1973 |
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| 1973 |
Expanded into electronics industry field. |
| 1974 |
Established a joint venture in Korea, Han Water |
| 1975 |
Full-scale expansion into sewerage field, establishing Kurita Water Treatment Management and Kurita Do Brasil |
| 1975 |
Full-scale development of sewerage field. Established Kurita Water Treatment Management (predecessor of Kuritas). Established Kurita do Brasil, the first overseas business company. |
| 1977 |
First order received for ultrapure water production system via wastewater recovery |
| 1978 |
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| 1978 |
Established Kurita Singapore. |
| 1979 |
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| 1979 |
Established Kurita General Services. |
| 1982 |
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| 1982 |
Developed deodorizer for drainage |
| 1985 |
Relocated comprehensive research institute to Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, and established Kurita Tokyo Water Treatment Chemicals |
| 1985 |
Developed water treatment chemicals for automotive painting booths. Relocated the comprehensive research institute to Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Established Kurita Tokyo Water Treatment Chemicals Co. (predecessor of Kurita East Japan) |
| 1986 |
Developed precision cleaning for semiconductors and anaerobic wastewater treatment systems, establishing P.T. Kurita Indonesia and Kurita Kansai Water Treatment |
| 1986 |
Developed precision cleaning business for semiconductors. Developed anaerobic wastewater treatment equipment. Established P.T. Kurita Indonesia. Established Kurita Kansai Water Treatment Co. (predecessor of Kurita West Japan) |
| 1987 |
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| 1987 |
台灣栗田社設立 |
| 1988 |
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| 1988 |
Established Han Water Technical Service Co. |
| 1989 |
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| 1989 |
Established Kurita Europe. Established Goshyu Chemical Co. (predecessor of Kurita-GK Chemical) |
| 1991 |
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| 1991 |
Started soil and groundwater remediation business |
| 1992 |
Established ultra-trace analysis technology for elements in water |
| 1992 |
Established world-class ultra-trace analysis technology for waterborne elements |
| 1994 |
Developed heavy metal treatment chemicals for fly ash at waste incineration plants |
| 1995 |
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| 1995 |
Established Kurita Industrial (Dalian) |
| 1996 |
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| 1996 |
Established Kurita America |
| 1997 |
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| 1997 |
Merged Kurita Industrial and Kurita Technical Service |
| 1998 |
Developed manufacturing equipment for cleaning water used in electronic material cleaning processes and demonstration equipment for dry methane fermentation treatment, and participated financially in Han Water Technical Service |
| 1998 |
Developed manufacturing equipment for functional cleaning water for electronic material cleaning processes. Delivered demonstration equipment for dry methane fermentation to recover and generate energy from waste. Participated financially in Han Water Technical Service. Established Business Development Center in Nogi Town, Tochigi Prefecture (predecessor of Kurita Development Center) |
| 2000 |
Started a new business supplying ultrapure water |
| 2001 |
Established Land Solution Corporation and Kurita Ultra Pure Water Equipment (Shanghai) Corporation |
| 2001 |
Established Land Solution Co. and Kurita Ultra Pure Water Equipment (Shanghai) |
| 2002 |
Started ultrapure water supply business at liquid crystal panel manufacturers |
| 2002 |
Launched ultrapure water supply business at a Singapore LCD panel manufacturer as a new service business |
| 2003 |
Achieved 100% wastewater recovery and reuse at liquid crystal panel manufacturers, and established Critec Service and Kurita Analysis Center |
| 2003 |
Achieved 100% wastewater recovery and reuse at an LCD panel manufacturer. Established Critec Service Co. and Kurita Analysis Center Co. |
| 2004 |
Established Kurita Industries (Suzhou) Water Treatment Corporation |
| 2004 |
Established Kurita Industrial (Suzhou) Water Treatment Co. |
| 2006 |
Made Miyoshi Industries a group company |
| 2009 |
Started ultrapure water supply service at large-scale LCD complex and strengthened lineup of water treatment chemicals for reverse osmosis membranes |
| 2009 |
Started ultrapure water supply service at large LCD complex. Strengthened lineup of water treatment chemicals for reverse osmosis membranes |
| 2012 |
Obtained NSF certification for water treatment chemicals for reverse osmosis membranes and relocated headquarters to Nakano Ward, Tokyo |
| 2012 |
Obtained NSF* certification for water treatment chemicals for reverse osmosis membranes. Moved headquarters to Nakano Ward, Tokyo. *International third-party certification body for public safety and health |
| 2013 |
Launched real-time water treatment management service utilizing sensing technology (S.sensing) and established With Kurita Corporation |
| 2013 |
Launched water treatment management service (S.sensing) utilizing sensing technology for real-time optimal water treatment. Established With Kurita Co. |
| 2014 |
Developed boiler water treatment chemicals with scale dispersion and removal effects |
| 2015 |
Acquired water treatment chemical business from European companies and made it a group company, becoming the predecessor of Kurita Europe |
| 2015 |
Acquired water treatment chemicals and other businesses from European companies and made them group companies (predecessor of Kurita Europe) |
| 2016 |
European subsidiaries merged and started operations as Kurita Europe |
| 2016 |
European subsidiaries merged and started operations as Kurita Europe |
| 2017 |
Started selling large flow, low concentration nitrogen wastewater treatment devices using Anammox microorganisms. Established Kurita R&D Asia and grouped US and Korean companies |
| 2017 |
Started sales of treatment equipment using Anammox microorganisms capable of handling large flow and low concentration nitrogen for drainage. Established Kurita R&D Asia. Made the US water treatment company Fremont Industries a group company. Made the Korean water treatment company Han Water Co., Ltd. a group company. |
| 2018 |
Started operation of vertical dry methane fermentation facilities. Grouped US companies and startups |
| 2018 |
Commenced operation of a vertical dry methane fermentation facility that recovers and generates energy from waste. Made the US venture company Fracta a group company. |
| 2019 |
Delivered water recycling technology demonstration system to the International Space Station. Grouped US and UK water treatment companies |
| 2019 |
Delivered water recycling technology demonstration system to the Japanese Experiment Module 'Kibo' on the International Space Station. Made the US water treatment company U.S. Water Services a group company (predecessor of Kurita America). Made the US and UK water treatment companies Avestar Technologies and Avestar Technologies (UK) (predecessor of Kurita UK) group companies. |
| 2020 |
United States subsidiary merged and started operations as Kurita America. Grouped Pentagon Technologies Group |
| 2020 |
The US subsidiary was integrated and started business as Kurita America. Made the US precision cleaning company Pentagon Technologies Group a group company. |
| 2021 |
Developed AI optimal operation solution for reverse osmosis membrane water treatment equipment. Merged Kurita Industries and Kurita Engineering. Grouped companies in the Middle East and Canada |
| 2021 |
Developed water treatment AI optimal operation solution for reverse osmosis membrane systems. Merged Kurita Industries and Kurita Engineering. Made the Middle Eastern water treatment chemical company Kurita Aquachemie FZE and Saudi Arabia companies group companies. Made the Canadian water treatment chemical company Ketech Water Management group companies. Established Kurita Europe Technology Center. |
| 2022 |
Established Kurita Innovation Hub |
| 2023 |
Developed a disposable diaper sorting and processing device. Group companies include Arkade Engineering and others. |
| 2023 |
Developed a sorting device for used paper diapers. Made Arcarde Engineering GmbH, Arcarde Industry SAS, and Arcarde Engineering AG group companies. |
| 2023-04 |
Started the new mid-term management plan PSV-27 (Pioneering Shared Value 2027) in April 2023. |
| 2024 |
Started development of anti-corrosion agents utilizing materials informatics. Collaborated with Waterplan, and subsidiaries in Korea and Canada merged to commence business. Established Kurita AquaChem India. |
| 2024 |
Started development of low environmental impact corrosion inhibitors utilizing materials informatics. Began collaboration with Waterplan, a platform for water risk assessment and management, marking the first Japanese partnership. Merged Korean subsidiaries to start Kurita Han Water Co., Ltd. Started operations of Kurita Canada after merger of subsidiaries. Established Kurita AquaChem India. |
