Kurita Water Industries is based in Japan and was founded in late 1949. The company has an impressive profile of 14 subsidiaries and affiliates. Their portfolio of services include ultrapure water production systems, water treatment systems, wastewater treatment systems, and waste water reclamation systems. It started off as just a boiler water treatment company but expanded into the water treatment facility business in 1951 and established its first Research & Development center. In 1961, it became listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange.