ASAHI is a Japanese manufacturer of high-quality water meters. It was established in 1981. In 1967, the ASAHI brand was introduced to Thailand for the first time. Thai waterworks are on the rise in this era. At the time, O.K.K., a Japanese producer of ASAHI brand water meters, had entered the Thai waterworks market and was looking for a distributor. Chindasook Chromium Partnership, which was selling water supply equipment and working as a plumbing contractor for the Metropolitan Waterworks at the time, was chosen and assigned as an official distributor in Thailand by Mr. Udom Chindasook, the company’s owner. The company later grew into a legal partnership. ” Chindasook Commercial” is the moniker given to Chindasook. Mr. Udom Chindasook formed Bangkok Materials Co., Ltd. in 1979 to be a distributor and importer of water supply items from abroad, including water meters “Asahi” (ASAHI) from Japan, brass sluices from Italy, pipes, and plumbing equipment contractors. Across the country, there were over 120 dealers.
Mr. Udom Chindasook started Asahi-Thai Alloy Company Limited, Thailand’s first water meter assembly factory, in 1981, with more than 14 years of experience. He got investment promotion from the Board of Investment (BOI) and for the first time in Thailand began producing water meters under the ASAHI brand by buying a license to be a producer to supply to the Waterworks alone. Japan’s Osaka Kiko Co., Ltd. (Osaka Kiko Co., Ltd.) provides production help. Water meters bearing the ASAHI brand are currently exclusively available in Thailand.