The world-famous tag line
Culligan was established in 1936 and is now represented in over 100 countries around the world. Culligan Water has had a presence in Australia since the mid 1960′s with its activities initially focusing on commercial and industrial products sales and service.
Today Culligan Water is one of the largest, and certainly the most respected water filtration companies in Australia. Culligan provides thousands of Australian homes, offices, factories and restaurants with clean filtered water.
Pioneering The Market
In 1995, DDWS Pty Ltd pioneered the Australian drinking water products industry. DDWS was responsible for changes in Australian Water Board policies which permitted installation of point-of-use drinking water treatment systems in Australian home and office kitchens. This marked the commencement of the industry in Australia.
A Solid Foundation
In 1995, DDWS a consortium of Australian Investors and Culligan Water Technologies (Culligan International) formed a joint venture company – Culligan Australia Pty Ltd, to better serve the requirements of Australian consumers. This company was 70% Australian owned and managed by some of Australia’s leading businessmen including Peter Ritchie AO (Founder and ex Chairman of McDonalds) and Bob Mansfield (Founder of Optus and ex Chairman of Telstra).
- 1893 Emmett Joseph Culligan is born in Yankton South Dakota
- 1921 Waiting for the birth of his daughter after seeing a water softener in a hospital Culligan’s interest in water treatment is sparked
- 1924 Culligan designs and builds a water filter system
- 1936 Emmett Culligan founds Culligan Water in Illinois
- 1938 The first Culligan Water dealership is opened on the outskirts of Chicago
- 1959 Culligan Water starts the ‘Hey Culligan Man’ advertising which continues for several decades
- 1963 Culligan Water comes to Australia
- 1995 Culligan Australia Pty Ltd is formed 70% Australian owned by DDWS (Australian Investors). DDWS helped change policies to make it possible for point of use water treatment in homes and offices
