Hawkins Inc

Hawkins, Inc. is a water treatment and specialty ingredients company based in Roseville, Minnesota, founded in 1938. It operates through three segments: Water Treatment, Food and Health Sciences, and Industrial Solutions. The Water Treatment segment supplies chemicals, filtration media and systems, equipment, and services for potable water, municipal and industrial wastewater, industrial process water, non-residential swimming pool water, and agricultural water, and also sells and services equipment such as tanks, valves, and pumps. The Food and Health Sciences segment provides ingredient distribution, processing, and formulation solutions, including base chemistry, acid-based reactions, minerals, vitamins and amino acids, excipients, botanicals and herbs, sweeteners and enzymes, fertilizers, and food-grade and pharmaceutical salts and ingredients to nutrition, food, pharmaceutical, and agricultural markets. The Industrial Solutions segment offers industrial chemicals, products, and services such as acids and alkalis, liquid caustic soda, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, urea, phosphoric acid, aqua ammonia, and potassium hydroxide to industrial manufacturing, chemical processing, electronics, energy, plating, and surface finishing industries, and also repackages water treatment chemicals and bulk industrial chemicals and performs custom blending of chemicals.