Press Releases

2009
December 22 Kurita Develops Water Treatment Chemicals to Contribute to the Stabilization of RO Membrane Processing
December 2 Electrolyzed Sulfuric Acid Generator Green Sulfaceed KD™,
A New Technology for Semiconductor Resist Removal, Dramatically Reduces the Environmental Impact of the Semiconductor Cleaning Process
October 2 Application of Clathrate Compound Technology to a New Field
Development of the Worlds First Electrolyte Blowout Prevention Material Improves the Safety of Capacitors
September 18 Kurita Completes Its High Performance Resin and Membrane Refining Plant to Meet the Quality Stability Requirements of Next-Generation Semiconductors
July 29 Kurita Water Industries to Establish a Water Treatment Chemicals Sales Subsidiary in the Hokuriku Region
May 29 Announcement of Changes in Directors and Corporate Auditors
May 29 Kurita Water Industries to Merge Domestic Water Treatment Chemicals Sales Subsidiaries
April 28 Kurita Water Industries Announces Company President Changeover
March 27 Kurita Water Industries to Wind Up Consolidated Overseas Subsidiary
March 27 Kurita Water Industries to Close its Singapore Branch
March 19 Kurita Water Industries to Establish a Water Treatment Chemicals Subsidiary
2008
November 12 Kurita Develops Ultrapure Water Production System Using Nanosaver™
-Reduces Hydrogen Peroxide to Trace Amount-
June 19 Bioaugmentation Technology for In Situ Degradation and Detoxification of Chlorinated Ethenes Endorsed for the First Time in Japan to Comply with the Guidelines (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of the Environment)
May 30 Kurita Water Industries Corporate Auditor to Step Down
April 30 Kurita Water Industries to Partially Amend Articles of Incorporation
March 28 Kurita Water Industries Revises Director Compensation
March 28 Kurita Partially Revises its Fundamental Policy regarding the Establishment of Internal Control Systems
2007
December 3 Announcement about Organizational Change and Changes in Directors Responsibilities
September 21 Order to Suspend Business Based on the Construction Industry Law
May 31 Notice regarding transfer of directors
March 14 Internal Proceedings Brought about by Violation of the Antimonopoly Law
March 14 Announcement Concerning a Court Decision Involving the Antimonopoly Law
January 17 Surcharge Payment Order from the Japan Fair Trade Commission
2006
December 27 Pullout from Construction Projects in Public Works Market
June 23 Internal Proceedings Brought about by a Violation of the Anti-monopoly Law
June 13 Apologies for Indictment against Kurita Water Industries and one of its employees
May 23 Apologies for Criminal Prosecution against Kurita Water Industries
May 19 Pullout of Construction Projects for Sludge Treatment (Human Waste Treatment) Facilities
March 14 Kurita Water Industries Develops the "OXYNON™MF series", which Restrains Corrosion Thinning of Feedwater and Condensate System Pipes in Boilers
2005
December 1 Kurita Water Industries to Establish Water Treatment Chemical Retail Company in Tokai Region
October 25 Participation in Fuel Cell Verification Tests subsidized by Mie Prefecture and Yokkaichi City
October 20 Development of the World's First “Solid-State Methanol” for Fuel Cells
September 29 Establishment of the "Kurita Global Technology Center"
September 21 Establishment of Water Treatment Equipment Production Base in Yamaguchi Prefecture
September 14 Nagoya Risui and Gifu Risui to Become Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of Kurita through an Exchange of Stocks
May 24 Notice regarding transfer of directors
March 23 Sales Launch of water treatment agent for waterborne paints “Kuristuck ™B310”
2004
December 8 Sales launch of decomposition agent for fly ash dioxins “DIOVANISH™UF”
October 21 Full-scale release of paper pulp slime control agent Fuzzicide™
August 25 Reorganization of Production Framework for Water Treatment Chemicals and the Integration of the R&D Centers
May 27 Completion of the World’s First Hydrogen fuelling Station for Installation Alongside Existing Gas Stands
May 19 Kurita Water Industries to set up water treatment facilities manufacturing company in China.
2003
October 27 Notice regarding joint construction of hydrogen fuelling station by Kurita Water Industries, SINANEN, and ITOCHU ENEX
July 24 Development of a high-efficiency denitrification system High-speed processing can be realized by grain-shaped growth of microorganisms for Anammox
April 28 Kurita Announces New President
March 31 Notice on Purchase of the Company’s Own Stock on the Market
(Acquisition of the Company’s Own Stock pursuant to Article 210 of the Commercial Code)
February 26 Notice on Purchase of the Company’s Own Stock on the Market
(Acquisition of the Company’s Own Stock pursuant to Article 210 of the Commercial Code)
January 30 Notice on Purchase of the Company’s Own Stock on the Market
(Acquisition of the Company’s Own Stock pursuant to Article 210 of the Commercial Code)
2002
December 27 Notice on Purchase of the Company's Own Stock on the Market
(Acquisition of the Company's Own Stock based on Article 210 of the Commercial Code)
November 27 <World’s First SCWO to Deal with High Salt Concentrations>
Kurita Water Industries and Komatsu Limited Jointly Developed
Supercritical Water Oxidation Unit
October 17 “Incinerator Wall Protectors” Released:
Offering Excellent Clinker Adherence Prevention and Detachment
Effective in Operation of Refuse Incinerators without Dioxin Emissions
September 19 Land Solution Inc.
Establishment of “Soil Pollution Research Fund”
Removing the Financial Obstacles that Prevent the Fluidization of Land
April 4 The Establishment of an Ultra Pure Water Supply Company in Singapore
2001
October 8 Revision of forecast
July 5 Establishment of Japan's First Company Specializing in Reducing the Risk of Soil Contamination in Commercial Transactions

The Kurita Groups Environmental Improvement Activities