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Insulation Manufacturer Uses Monochloramine to Fight High Bacteria Counts in Process Water

A global manufacturing company producing fiberglass insulation was constantly reusing their water . Creating fiberglass is a process involving small glass particles heated to their melting point before passing through a spinner, which creates the fibers of glass. After this process, cooling is necessary requiring a large volume of water. For this cooling process, the plant uses a closed loop system of water held in [...]

Kurita Announces Merger with Avista Technologies, Inc.

Kurita America, part of the Kurita Group, a leading global provider of water treatment solutions, announced its pending merger with sister company, Avista Technologies, Inc. (Avista). This merger will officially take effect on April 1, 2025. Avista, headquartered in San Marcos, California, specializes in membrane treatment solutions and process support for reverse osmosis systems, microfiltration/ultrafiltration [...]

Municipality Refurbishes Simul-Wash™ Filter System for Another 30 Years of Service

The City of LaSalle, Illinois, has worked with Tonka Water, a Kurita brand, since their filters were installed in 1992. After nearly 30 years of service, the city was assessing how to ensure a similar duration of additional life. In lieu of a full replacement, they decided to refurbish the existing filter equipment. The city’s water treatment plant had two Tonka Water horizontal pressure filters for [...]

Food Facility Saves $100,000 Annually with Kurita's Kurifloc

A large food and beverage facility in the United States was facing increased costs from hauling away a full dumpster of sludge every week. The facility’s wastewater came from their production process, and the organic materials needed to be separated before being discharged back to the city. The costs for these types of services can vary between $600 and $1,500 per trip to dispose of the sludge, but costs [...]

Regarding Security Incident at Kurita America Incorporated

Kurita America Inc. (headquarters: Minnesota, United States (“KAI”)), a consolidated subsidiary in North America of Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (headquarters: Nakano-ku, Tokyo) found evidence of unauthorized access of certain of its servers. We deeply apologize to our customers and business partners for any concern or inconvenience this may cause. The following are details known at this stage: [...]

Electronics Company Saves $60,000 Annually with Kurita’s Cetamine® for Closed Loops

An electronics company in the United States was facing high aluminum corrosion rates and treatment costs in their process cooling water systems due to the previous water treatment program. The previous program resulted in high conductivity and high pH, which no longer met the specifications of 50 microsiemens (µS) and a pH of 6.5 to 7.5. Low conductivity is required for process cooling water tooling [...]

Kurita America Launches Kurita Dropwise Condensation Technology in North America

As featured in H2O Global News . Kurita America , part of the leading global provider of industrial water treatment solutions the Kurita Group, today announced the introduction of Kurita Dropwise Condensation Technology in the North American marketplace. Originally developed by parent company, Kurita Water Industries in Japan, this patent-pending Kurita Dropwise Condensation Technology is designed to [...]

Increasing Heat Transfer Efficiency While Meeting Sustainability Goals: Dropwise Technology

Inefficient heat transfer causes unnecessary energy use, fuel consumption, and release of CO2 emissions. According to the United States Department of Energy , an estimated 60% of steam in the United States is used inefficiently. Businesses need to meet their corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability goals while still having a positive impact on their financial bottom line. Dropwise is the [...]

A Shared Value Approach: Businesses and Their Communities Benefit

According to the Nature Conservancy , corporations use approximately 65% of a community's water resource. Water enables them to grow and produce a myriad of products we use for everyday life. In some communities, this can create both a political and economic strain. Water can be rationed or costs increase due to corporate use, yet in the same community, the corporation provides jobs and tax revenue. The [...]

Utilizing Calcite or Limestone Contactors for Remineralization Downstream from Membrane Treatment

Membrane treatment for total dissolved solids (TDS), like reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF), incidentally lowers hardness and alkalinity in the process. Without further treatment, membrane permeate can be extremely corrosive to downstream environments. Remineralization, the addition of hardness and alkalinity back into the water, prior to distribution can be a successful means of reducing this corrosion [...]

Kurita Underscores Shared Value as it Bets on Growth Outside Asia

As featured in Global Water Intelligence (GWI).

In this article, reposted with permission by Global Water Intelligence, Kurita Executive Officer Jordi Verdés discusses new business approaches to drive value creation as we increase our presence outside of Asia.    New approaches to value creation lie at the heart of the Japanese company’s drive to increase its presence outside of Asia. What is its strategy? A suite of [...]

The Importance of Keeping Your Cooling Towers Clean

As featured in Process Cooling.

Published September 2021, revised July 2024 Dirty and fouled cooling tower water often plagues maintenance teams that manage industrial cooling tower operation. A dirty cooling tower can have a detrimental effect on the overall health of the plant’s water infrastructure, leading to lower efficiencies and increased costs. Cooling water full of fine sand, grit, and biological matter can contribute to damage [...]