The story of a formula.
LK Chemicals began in 2013 with a single plant and one water problem to solve. More than a decade on, the same engineering discipline supports over a hundred plants across five states.
- 2013
Founded in Hyderabad
Shiva Krishna Kangadekar starts LK Chemicals, supplying water treatment chemicals to local industry.
- 2015
Scale Master RO range
Food-grade Scale Master RO antiscalants — LK 1001, LK 1010, LK 5001 — enter series manufacturing.
- 2017
Cherlapally facility
EC Nagar plant commissioned; the boiler (LK 2000) and cooling tower (LK 3000) formularies are added.
- 2019
Service arm launched
In-house descaling, CIP and plant maintenance crews for RO, boiler, cooling tower, softener and DM plants.
- 2022
Plants & projects
RO, DM, softener, ETP and STP plant installations grow across Telangana, AP, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
- 2024
LK Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.
Incorporated as LK Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. (formerly LK Chemicals) — ISO 9001:2015, 70+ products, 10 tons a month.
To make Indian industry's water cleaner, safer and cheaper to treat — one formulated drum at a time.
To become South India's most trusted name in industrial water chemistry.
Built for batches.
Manufacturing
Blending, reactor and dosing lines under a single roof at Cherlapally.
Quality Control
Every batch tested for pH, density, active content and appearance.
Packaging
25 kg jerry cans to 1 ton IBCs — food-grade, UN-approved drums.
Warehouse
Racked bulk storage, FIFO despatch, transporter-agnostic loading bay.
Technical Support
In-house chemists for formulation and dosing queries; field engineers for on-site support.
What we won't compromise on.
Integrity
Published specifications we are accountable to.
Chemistry
Formulations proven in service, not on paper.
Response
A named contact, reachable through the working day.
Safety
Documented handling, storage and transport at every step.
Consistency
Every batch manufactured to the same validated specification.
Partnership
On site when an unplanned shutdown needs resolving.
“Every consignment leaves with a certificate of analysis and a named engineer behind it.”
Shiva Krishna founded LK Chemicals in 2013 to solve a single industrial water problem. More than a decade on he continues to lead every formulation review and stays directly involved with key accounts.