| Kent RO Systems Ltd. | |
| Type: | Public |
| Foundation: | 1999 |
| Founder: | Mahesh Gupta |
| Location: | Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Key People: | Mahesh Gupta (Chairman) |
| Area Served: | Worldwide[1] |
| Industry: | Consumer Durables, Healthcare |
Kent RO Systems is an Indian healthcare products company headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. It makes water purifiers based on the process of reverse osmosis purification. Besides air purifiers, the company also makes vacuum cleaners, vegetable and fruit purifiers as well as water softeners.[2] The company exports to SAARC countries, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe.[3]
Kent has its manufacturing base in Roorkee (Uttarakhand) which is spread across 400,000 sq. ft and has an annual capacity of 1 million units. Its technology is validated by UNESCO and certified by other organizations such as NSF, WQA, TUV and ISO but some are made in China .[4]
Kent sells more than 225,000 reverse osmosis purifiers every year and holds around 40% market share in India. Its annual turnover in 2010 was ₹250 crore. Kent sold about 4,500,000; unit in 2015. About 80% of its revenues are from its reverse osmosis purifiers. The company has sold over a million units to date[5] [6]
In Aug 2020, Kent annual turnover in 2020 was 1,200 crore, with 20% of growth rate..[7] [8]
The company won the Golden Peacock Eco Innovation Award for its contribution in developing innovative water purifying technology and preventing environment degradation in 2007.[9] In 2019, Kent RO Systems received the best domestic water purifier award at the Water Digest Water Awards organized at the Lalit, New Delhi.[10]