1919 was a year of great opportunity for someone with a dream and the determination to make it a reality. Allen Krevit, at age 19, had such a dream. He had heard of a Belgian company making liquid bleach, whereas bleach products had all been dry. Using a bath tub, in a small garage on Howard Avenue in New Haven, CT, Allen and his father experimented with the manufacture of Sodium Hypochlorite. They developed a liquid bleach with superior cleaning properties that minimized any offensive smell. In doing so they became the first manufacturer of Sodium Hypochlorite bleach in the United States. It was an immediate success.
Our Fleet of Trucks in 1955
In 1948 Allen’s son joined the company, and after him his daughter and her family joined the business. Today we now have a 5th generation of the Krevit family working and operating the company, along with many dedicated employees with over 30 years of service. We continue to manufacture Sodium Hypochlorite, and have diversified into the distribution of a growing line of chemical products. We serve the needs of over a thousand companies including the metal finishing, swimming pool, and water treatment industries.
