- CEO
- Hirohiko Ejiri
- Full Time Employees
- 8,268
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Industrial - Pollution & Treatment Controls
- Address
- Nakano Central Park East Tokyo TY Japan 164-0001
- IPO Date
- Jul 18, 2007
- Business
- Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (KTWIF) manufactures and sells water treatment chemicals including boiler water treatment chemicals, cooling water treatment chemicals, wastewater treatment chemicals, and process treatment chemicals; supplies water treatment systems such as ultrapure water production systems, wastewater treatment systems, and wastewater reclamation systems; provides maintenance services, ultrapure water supply, engineering cleaning, precision tool cleaning, analysis and testing, soil and groundwater remediation, and commercial and household water purifiers, softeners, and pure water production equipment. The company, founded in 1949 and headquartered in Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan, operates globally across Japan, Asia, North America, Europe, and other regions, serving industries including power generation, semiconductors, petrochemicals, iron and steel, automobiles, pulp and paper, and food production with a workforce of over 8,000 employees in 65 companies. Recent developments include completing an investment in UK-based Evove Ltd. in October 2025 to become its largest shareholder and secure exclusive global rights to its Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology using NF membranes and ion-exchange resins, advancing a strategic alliance for DLE plant commercialization by fiscal 2027 including a partnership with Northern Lithium Ltd. for UK lithium production from 2027; merging with sister company Avista Technologies Inc. effective April 1, 2025 to enhance membrane treatment solutions for reverse osmosis and filtration systems; and signing a memorandum with ispace in March 2025 for a lunar water treatment demonstration payload.