Kurita Europe invests in future with new technology centre

In preparation for the future, Kurita Europe has built a new technology centre in Viersen, Germany – a state-of-the-art facility with the latest test methods and equipment.

After 12 months of construction, the inauguration of the new Kurita Europe Technology Center (KETC) took place on 23 September, combining its research and development (R&D) expertise under one roof. 

KETC will enable researchers to work closely together to develop new products, technologies and services efficiently and effectively. 

In addition, KETC comes equipped with a training centre and visitor centre to introduce Kurita Europe´s R&D to customers and trading partners. Through active communication with employees and co-creation with customers and other external parties, the company’s goal is to create innovations that maximise customer value and create shared value with society.

It is the company’s vision to educate and impart its water knowledge to society and the industry. 

Recycling water and the use of non-fossil regenerative sources for chemical production will have increasing importance as we look to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals laid out by the UN. 

Kurita’s new technology centre will become an important hub for fulfilling its vision. 

It will be a centre of knowledge, as well as a centre of communication and exchange with Kurita’s customers to identify their needs and develop new solutions that give value to the customer and help to protect the environment.

Customers can visit the brand new labs at KETC, listen to each of the presentations, and walk into and around the company’s new building through its immersive Virtual Tour.

The technology centre will support Kurita’s vision to: 

• Reduce its environmental footprint
• Save water
• Save energy
• Reduce greenhouse gases
• Reduce/eliminate the discharge of phosphate

Kurita 360° solutions for F&B industry sectors 

Water is a key resource for the food and beverage industry. It is more than a raw material: water is used for a wide range of applications, including cleaning, food processing, as well as auxiliary functions like cooling or heat transport. 

Monitoring and maintaining the quality of water is a critical task at every stage of production. Kurita´s field experts help to apply the most advanced technologies to ensure high-quality water in every step of the production process while reducing water and energy consumption at the same time. 

By choosing Kurita’s concepts for cooling water, boiler water and wastewater plants, as well as reverse osmosis systems and autoclaves – all of which can be adapted depending on specific needs/requirements – the customer opts for economic and ecological treatment, leading to more productivity and cost-efficiency.

Kurita’s innovative treatment solutions can serve a range of food and beverage industry sectors such as meat, dairy, canning, beverage, miscellaneous food preparations, grain milling, bakery, sugar, fat and oils.

For more information about 360° solutions for food and beverage plants worldwide, find out how Kurita specialises in industrial water treatments and services. 

Kurita Europe GmbH was established in 1989 in Viersen, Germany, operating in a wide range of areas in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Kurita Europe has grown to become one of the largest subsidiaries of the Kurita Group, which is the leader in water treatment. 

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