Pentair

Pentair is a global water treatment company founded in 1966 in Minnesota, in the United States. It designs and builds equipment to sustainably move, improve, and enjoy water. Its products include swimming pool equipment, filtration systems that make water safe to drink, pumps, and industrial water solutions that help businesses use water more responsibly.

The company employs about 10,000 people and operates from roughly 130 locations in 34 countries, serving customers in more than 150 countries. Its work spans water filtration and treatment, pump engineering, pool equipment and energy efficiency, irrigation systems, industrial water solutions and municipal water systems. Industry verticals served include residential pools, drinking water and municipal water, agriculture and irrigation, industrial water use, and consumer water.

Pentair describes its mission as helping the world sustainably move, improve, and enjoy water, treating water as life's most essential resource and taking responsibility for making it more accessible, safer and smarter. The company states a commitment to sustainability and responsible water use, and to being local enough to understand specific water challenges while delivering solutions at scale. It retains, by its own account, small-company values despite its growth since its founding.