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2019

November 1: Kurita Water Industries Establishes Kurita Kitakantou Co., Ltd. to Provide Comprehensive Water Treatment Solutions

October 8: Kurita Receives the Sasaki Award from the Japan Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry for Its System for Improving Productivity, Operating Efficiency, and Environmental Hygiene

July 24: Kurita Delivers Water Recycling Technology Demonstration System for the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" on the International Space Station

July 10: Kurita is Listed among "Honored Companies" in the 2019 All-Japan Executive Team (Ranking of Best Companies in Terms of IR Activities) by Institutional Investor, a U.S. Magazine

June 24: Kurita Newly Selected as Constituent of Stock Indexes for ESG Investing

June 24: Hands-on Learning Events for Children who Wish to Learn about Water

May 16: Notice Regarding Completion of Acquisition of Avista Technologies, Inc. and Avista Technologies (UK) Ltd. (to Make Them Subsidiaries)

May 13: Notice Regarding the Acquisition of Avista Technologies, Inc. and Avista Technologies (UK) Ltd. (to Make Them Subsidiaries)

April 11: Kurita Continues Strategic Investment in U.S.-Based, Venture-Backed Company APANA Inc. to Increase Stake in Series B Round

April 2: Notice Regarding Completion of Acquisition of Shares of Pentagon Technologies Group, Inc. in the United States

March 27: Notice Regarding Completion of the Acquisition of U.S. Water Services, Inc. (to Make it a Subsidiary)

February 28: Announcement of Changes in Directors and Members of the Audit & Supervisory Board

February 8: Kurita Acquires U.S. Water Services, Inc., a Company Manufacturing and Selling Water Treatment Chemicals and Facilities

2018

December 4: Kurita Steps Up Global Business Expansion of Ballast Water Treatment System, Contributing to Conservation of Marine Environment and Biodiversity

November 5: Kurita Launches a Recycled Water Supply Service that Contributes to Solving Water Resource Problems

October 16: Notice Regarding Acquisition of Shares of Precision Tool Cleaning Company of the U.S.

September 26: Japan's Largest Vertical Dry Methane Fermentation Facility was Completed Ready for Start of Operations from October 2018

August 10: Notice Regarding Partial Transfer of Business of Subsidiary Kurita Europe GmbH

May 30: Kurita Takes a Stake in Fracta, Inc., a U.S. Startup, and Makes the Company Its Subsidiary

February 27: Announcement of Changes in Representative Director and Other Directors

February 1: DReeM Polymer™ Wins Energy Conservation Center Chairman’s Award as Part of 2017 Energy Conservation Grand Prize

2017

December 1: Kurita Makes Equity Method Company Hansu Co., Ltd. a Consolidated Subsidiary

December 1: Development of S.sensing^®WS, a New TRO Meter for the Ballast Water Treatment Market

October 24: Kurita Water Industries Revises Earnings Forecast

September 5: KURITA Launches CETAMINE^® JP Series in Japan

May 26: Notice Regarding the Status and Completion of Acquisition of the Company's Stock

May 26: Kurita's DReeM Polymer™, Which Contributes to Reducing CO₂ Emissions by Improving and Maintaining Boiler Efficiency, Wins Environmental Technology Award in the 49th Technology Award Hosted by the Japan Chemical Industry Association.

May 2: Notice Regarding the Status of Acquisition of the Company's Stock

May 2: Kurita Establishes a New Research and Development Base, Kurita R&D Asia Pte. Ltd., in Singapore

April 27: Providing Customers with Safety and Labor Savings by Predicting Odor Generation from Hydrogen Sulfide and Enabling Automatic Control of Optimal Chemical Injection Quantity

April 27: Kurita Wins the Distinction Award in the Category "Water Company of the Year" at the Global Water Summit 2017

April 3: Kurita Begins Selling CAPSULE ZERO KS, a New Package-Type Water Treatment Chemical for Small-Scale Cooling Water Systems

April 3: Kurita Releases Japan's First Continuous One-Step ANAMMOX Process

April 3: Notice Regarding the Status of Acquisition of the Company's Stock

March 30: Announcement of Cancellation of Treasury Stock

March 1: Kurita's Ballast Water Treatment System is awarded type approval by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

March 1: Notice Regarding Acquisition of the Company's Stock

February 28: Announcement of Changes in Representative Director and Other Directors

February 2: Japan's Largest Dry Anaerobic Digestion Reactor Accepted for the Promotion of the Use of Biomass Energy

January 18: Investment in APANA Inc., a U.S.-based venture company

January 4: Kurita to Acquire US-based Water Treatment Chemicals Manufacturing and Sales Company

2016

November 29: Kurita Steps Up Proposals on General Water Treatment for Small and Midsize Painting Booths to Open Up New Markets for Water Treatment Chemicals

October 6: Kurita Expands its Lineup of TELEMAC^® NEO Service Contracts Pursuing Added Value for Customers from Boiler Water to Cooling Water Treatment

September 27: Enhancing Functions of Water Treatment Management Service S.sensing^TM. Full-Scale Global Roll-out

August 29: Kurita Announces Launch of KWSS (Kurita Water Supply Service), a Pure Water Supply Service for the Small- and Medium-Sized Pure Water Treatment Equipment Market

August 8: Kurita Launches TELEMAC^® NEO Water Treatment Service Package that Minimizes Boiler Energy Losses

August 4: Announcement of the Decision Regarding the Details of the Acquisition Method of the Company’s Shares by Trust Pertaining to the Performance-linked Stock Compensation Plan

July 8: Notice Regarding Partial Revision of Corporate Governance Policies

May 31: Notice of Correction to Press Release

May 6: Announcement of the Introduction of a Performance-linked Stock Compensation Plan for Directors

April 25: Assistance to areas affected by the Kumamoto earthquakes

March 30: Announcement of Changes in Members of the Audit & Supervisory Board

March 14: Achieving mass cultivation of degrading microbes that allow for large-scale decontamination of soil and groundwater
--Enhancing KuriAUG bio-powered methods of purification technology for soil and groundwater, detoxifying even vinyl chloride monomer--

February 29: Announcement of Changes in Representative Director (Appointment of New President)

February 29: Announcement of Changes in Representative Director and Other Directors

2015

October 15: Notice Regarding the Partial Revision to the Basic Policies for Constructing an Internal Control System

October 15: Notice Regarding Compliance with the Corporate Governance Code

October 2: Kurita Receives Order from JAXA for Next Generation Water Recycling and Demonstration System Plans to Install System in the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" on the International Space Station
A maintenance-free, compact, and energy-efficient water recycling system that achieves a water recycling rate of 85% or more

September 11: Kurita Develops the KuriPrep^® ULC Series Chromatography Devices for Biopharmaceuticals
Tapping the Biopharmaceutical Market by Offering a Lineup of Devices for a Wide Variety of Purposes that Range from the Manufacture of Investigational Agents to the Commercial Production of Biopharmaceuticals

July 27: Keeping Legionella Bacteria Undetected Without Propagating Them,
Effective New Treatment Using Synergistic Biocides Developed for Legionella
Synergy of Two Types of Agents (Detachment and Bacteria Elimination) Maximizes the Bacteria Elimination Effects

June 29: Kurita Develops the New Kuristuck Series Water Treatment Chemicals to Help Reduce the Environmental Impact and Improve Productivity at Automobile Factories and Other Facilities:
- Expanding the Lineup of Chemicals for Automobile Painting Booths to Strengthen Business Expansion -

May 29: Announcement of Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation

May 29: Notice Regarding the Partial Revision of the Basic Policies for the Internal Control System

April 30: Announcement of Changes in Directors

April 7: Kurita Embarks on Full-Scale Water Treatment Information Services with the Kurita Customer Relationship Center (KCR Center)
- Comprehensively offering products and technical information on water treatment chemicals and facilities and broadly contributing to solving customers’ issues -

February 2: Kurita Completes Acquisition of German-Based Water Solutions, Paper Solutions and Alumina Compounds Businesses of BK Giulini

2014

December 25: Kurita Begins Full-Scale Sales of a Standard-Type Wastewater Treatment System
- Enabling a 40% Reduction in the Cost of Introduction through the Adoption of Innovative Tower Tanks and Thorough Standardization -

December 9: Order Received for Ultrapure Water Supply Project from a Major South Korean Semiconductor Manufacturer

October 29: Kurita Receives the 2014 Japan Industrial Water Treatment Company of the Year Award at the Frost & Sullivan Japan Excellence Awards

October 29: Kurita Ballast Water Management System Receives Final Approval from the IMO

October 27: Kurita to acquire German-based Water Solutions, Paper Solutions and Alumina Compounds businesses of BK Giulini
~Strengthening of business platform in Europe~

October 27: KURITA TO ACQUIRE ALUMINIUM, PAPER CHEMICALS AND WATER TREATMENT BUSINESSES (APW) FROM ICL
- ICL’s Performance Products segment to divest its Germany-based APW business as part of ICL’s strategy to focus on its core businesses in agriculture, food and engineered materials -

September 4: Kurita Announces the Strengthening of its Business in the Energy Field by Making Use of the Clathrate Compound Technology it has Cultivated in Water Treatment
- Successfully Developing New Materials and Entering the Lithium Ion Battery Field

August 7: Kurita Announces Full-Scale Launch of a New Maintenance Service for Water Treatment Facilities
Suggesting Appropriate Maintenance by Visualizing the Operating Status and Sharing Information with the Customer

July 30: Kurita Develops High-Performance, Low-Cost Purified Water Production System for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process
Water Treatment System Developed in Pursuit of High Quality and High Level of Safety by Blocking Proliferation of Living Microbes

June 25: Kurita's Carrier-Type Anaerobic Water Treatment System Receives Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at 40th Excellent Environmental Equipment Awards

June 20: Kurita Develops and Begins Sale of Cooling Water Treatment Chemicals Produced Solely from Food Additives
Expands Lineup of its Safety-focused KURITIGHT Series from Boilers to Cooling Water

June 12: Consecutive Orders Received for Water Treatment Plants for Major Chinese LCD Panel Manufacturers

May 26: Kurita will Exhibit, for the First Time, at the Water Expo During the Singapore International Water Week 2014
Promoting the Kuriverter Series of Unique Reverse Osmosis (RO) Membrane Water Treatment Chemicals

May 23: Kurita Develops a Multi-Functional Polymer Material for Boiler Water Treatment with Both Dispersion and Removal Effects for Scale
Contributing to Customer’s Energy-Saving by Keeping Boiler Facilities Continuously Cleaned

April 30: Announcement of Changes in Representative Director and Other Directors

April 25: Kurita Ballast Water Management System Receives Basic Approval from the IMO
— Chemical Treatment Ensures Elimination of Harmful Aquatic Organisms —
— Simple Equipment Configuration Facilitates Its Installation —

April 7: Kurita Broadens its Lineup of Process Treatment Chemicals for Paper and Pulp to Step Up Business Expansion
Releasing the new KURITA PL-140 Series antifoaming agent for kraft pulp washing process and other new products

March 31: Launch of a Water Treatment Management Service Using the Newly Developed Mobile Water Quality Analyzer, S.sensing MA

March 17: China Subsidiary Kurita Water Industries (Suzhou) Ltd. Begins Shipping Standard Water Treatment Equipment to Southeast Asia

2013

December 5: Kurita Launches S.sensing – Water Treatment Management Service that Enables Optimal Water Treatment on a Real-time Basis

September 2: Kurita Develops KURITA ST, a New Series of Cooling Water Treatment Chemicals
Renewing mainstay products for plants in industrial complexes with a newly developed polymer that enables highly efficient corrosion prevention and reduced environmental impact

July 29: Kurita Expands the Range of Application of its KURITIGHT Series of Extremely Safe Boiler Water Treatment Chemicals, which are Produced Solely from Food and Food Additives, by Adding New Products to the Line.

April 30: Announcement of Changes in Representative Director and Other Directors

April 30: Announcement of Partial Changes to Articles of Incorporation

2012

June 29: Kurita's "Recovery of Phosphoric Acid (H₃PO₄) System" Was Awarded the Director-General's Prize from the Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau of Japan' s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

June 25: Increase of Capital in Kurita Water Industries (Suzhou) Ltd., a Subsidiary in China

May 30: Kurita Water Industries Announces Dividends

May 30: Announcement of Changes in Corporate Auditor

February 28: Kurita Obtains NSF Certification for RO Membrane Water Treatment Chemical
Promoting overseas sales of high-safety RO membrane water treatment chemicals

2011

October 24: Kurita Develops and Begins Sales of the Biosaver™ TK, a Carrier-Type Anaerobic Water Treatment System Applicable for Low-Concentration Wastewater
-- A Biotreatment Technology Enabling Energy Conservation and Waste Reduction in Wastewater Treatment --

October 17: Kurita Concludes Joint Research Agreement on Future-Type Water Recycling System for Space Station
-- Joint Research with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) --

May 31: Announcement of Changes in Directors

May 31: Launch of a New Water Treatment Chemicals Factory in Brazil

April 28: Kurita Water Industries Announces Company President Changeover

March 22: About the Donation to the Victims of the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake

March 9: Kurita Develops Electro-Osmosis Dehydrator "Hydopress™ E" to Contribute to the Reduction of Waste and CO₂ Emissions

January 31: Kurita Water Industries Revises Earnings Forecast

January 27: Kurita Develops New Water Processing Technology to Save Energy in Refrigeration Systems Used in Factories and Office Buildings

2010

December 24: Notice Regarding Market Purchase of the Company's Stock and Completion of Acquisition
(Under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation pursuant to Article 165, paragraph 2 of the Corporation Law)

December 7: Promoting the Use of "Green Sulfaceed KD™" as a System Proven to Enable Ashing-less Photoresist Removal in Semiconductor Manufacturing

October 29: Notice Regarding Acquisition of the Company's Stock
(Under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation pursuant to Article 165, paragraph 2 of the Corporation Law)

October 7: KCDI^®-SP Developed to Help Plating Factories Reduce Environmental Impact and Improve Plating Quality through Recovery and Optimal Use of Valuable Resources

May 24: Reinforcing Wastewater Reclamation in China, through Comprehensive Capabilities in Water Treatment Chemicals, Facilities, and Maintenance Business
～Supporting GAC Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. in Effective Use of Water Resources～

April 22: Kurita Develops a New Wastewater Treatment Technology to Help Power Plants Reduce Their Environmental Impact

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 World’s 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