Brita

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A Brita kettle, boiling water that has passed from the top reservoir through a filter element (white) into the main jug at the bottom.
A Brita kettle, boiling water that has passed from the top reservoir through a filter element (white) into the main jug at the bottom.

Brita is a German company that specializes in water filtration products. The company is the world's market leader in portable household water filtration.[citation needed] Brita products include water jugs, kettles and tap attachments, all of which use silver-impregnated activated carbon and ion-exchange resin as their primary filtering mechanism.[1][2] The activated carbon used in Brita filters is produced from coconut shells.[3] The company manufactures its pitchers from styrene methyl methacrylate copolymer.

In Britain Hinari manufactures an electric kettle incorporating Brita technology.

[edit] History

Brita started in 1966 when Heinz Hankammer had the idea of optimizing normal tap water. He named the company after his daughter Brita. Its headquarters are in Taunusstein near Wiesbaden in Germany. In 1988[4] The Clorox Company, based in Oakland, California, acquired rights to the brand from the German company for North and South America.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ What ingredients are found in a BRITA Pitcher Filter?
  2. ^ Brita - FAQ - jugs & cask
  3. ^ What ingredients are found in a BRITA Pitcher Filter?
  4. ^ HBS case 9-500-024, Jan 15th 2002, Page 1

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