ISIN AT0000737705 Website www.bwt-group.com Revenue 507.7 million EUR (2013) | Industry Water treatment Headquarters Mondsee, Austria Founded 1990 | |
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Key people Andreas Weißenbacher (Chief Executive Officer, CEO)
Gerhard Speigner (Chief Financial Officer, CFO) Products Equipment and systems for water treatment Number of employees 2,643 (31. Dezember(2013)) Stock price BWT (VIE) € 23.00 0.00 (0.00%)24 Feb, 5:36 PM GMT+1 - Disclaimer Profiles | ||
BWT Aktiengesellschaft is an Austrian company with its headquarters in Mondsee in Upper Austria. The company's name is an acronym derived from Best Water Technology. A listed company, BWT is a manufacturer of water treatment systems and, based on its own data, the leading water technology group in Europe
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Production sites and subsidiaries
The company has four main production sites at Mondsee (Austria), Schriesheim (Germany), Paris (France), Aesch (Switzerland) numerous subsidiaries and affiliated companies and a global distribution network.
History
The story of BWT AG began in 1823, when it was founded in Germany by Johann Adam Benckiser. Following several acquisitions and mergers the company was purchased in 1990 by Andreas Weißenbacher in a Management-Buy-out. The company was floated on the Vienna Stock Exchange in 1992. The WAB Group is the principal shareholder of BWT AG, with c. 20% of the shares owned by diverse shareholders (and roughly 6% owned by the company (as at February 2014).
Products
BWT provides products, water treatment systems and services for:
The product portfolio covers the entire spectrum of water treatment technology. This includes filtration, filter media ion exchange systems for demineralisation, alternative limescale protection, water softening, decarbonisation, disinfection (UV, ozone, chlorine dioxide, etc.), metering technology, membrane technology microfiltration, ultrafiltration and nanofiltration, reverse osmosis), pure steam generators, pure water distillation, UV systems, ozone generators, ion exchange membranes, electrolysis, electrodialysis, electrodeionisation,chlorine dioxide generators and metering pumps .BWT is also entering a new business sector to developmembranes for fuel cells and batteries.
Awards and prizes
The filter cartridge for table water using the patented Mg2+ technology received the National Award for Innovation for Upper Austria in 2011 The technology developed by BWT enriches the tap water with magnesium during the filtration process while removing any extraneous elements e.g. calcium, heavy metals and taste-inhibiting substances (e.g. chlorine).
In 2011 the Rondomat Duo S series of large water softeners (large water softeners are installed in buildings, commercial premises and industrial plants to prevent limescale deposits and the associated damage to the water pipe network and any appliances and systems connected to it) won the Austrian national design prize in the Capital Goods category awarded by the Federal Ministry of the Economy Family and Youth (German: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend).
BWT’s building technology products for private households have been winners of the Plus X Award on two occasions. In 2012 the AQA perla water softening system was voted ‘Best Product of the Year 2013’, and the E1 Single Lever filter filter (a drinking water filter that prevents foreign particles and contaminants from entering the domestic system through the pipe network and damaging the installations) received the same accolade in 2013.
In 2014 the ‘black penguin’ BWT Gourmet table water filter won the Red Dot Design Award and now bears the famous red seal of quality in the category ‘Product Design 2014’.