BWT, registered name BWT AG, is an

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n manufacturing company of

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systems with its headquarters in Mondsee.

Production sites and subsidiaries

The company has four main production sites at Mondsee (Austria),

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), and Aesch ( Switzerland), as well as numerous subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and a global distribution network.

History

BWT was founded as Benckiser Wassertechnik in 1823 by

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. Following several acquisitions and mergers, the company was purchased in 1990 by Andreas Weißenbacher in a management buyout. The company was floated on the

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in 1992. The WAB Group is the principal shareholder of BWT, with around 20% of shares owned by diverse shareholders and roughly 6% owned by the company (as of February 2014).

Products

BWT provides products, water treatment systems and services for: * filtering and desalination of

drinking water Drinking water is water that is used in drink or food preparation; potable water is water that is safe to be used as drinking water. The amount of drinking water required to maintain good health varies, and depends on physical activity level, a ...

pharmaceutical A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field an ...

and process water (pure water,

ultrapure water Ultrapure water (UPW), high-purity water or highly purified water (HPW) is water that has been purified to uncommonly stringent specifications. Ultrapure water is a term commonly used in manufacturing to emphasize the fact that the water is treated ...

water for injection Water for injection is water of extra high quality without significant contamination. A sterile version is used for making solutions that will be given by injection. Before such use other substances generally must be added to make the solution ...

, et cetera), and swimming pool water. The pharmaceutical water division, BWT Pharma & Biotech, is headquartered in Germany near Stuttgart. * Fuel cell and battery

membrane A membrane is a selective barrier; it allows some things to pass through but stops others. Such things may be molecules, ions, or other small particles. Membranes can be generally classified into synthetic membranes and biological membranes. ...

s * Heating, boiling, and cooling water *

Ion exchange Ion exchange is a reversible interchange of one kind of ion present in an insoluble solid with another of like charge present in a solution surrounding the solid with the reaction being used especially for softening or making water demineralised, ...

systems for demineralisation (including

water softening Water softening is the removal of calcium, magnesium, and certain other metal cations in hard water. The resulting soft water requires less soap for the same cleaning effort, as soap is not wasted bonding with calcium ions. Soft water also exten ...

) * Metering technology * Electrolysis,

electrodialysis Electrodialysis (ED) is used to transport salt ions from one solution through ion-exchange membranes to another solution under the influence of an applied electric potential difference. This is done in a configuration called an electrodialysis ...

, and electrodeionisation

Awards and prizes

The company's filter cartridge for table water received the National Award for Innovation for

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in 2011. The same year, the Rondomat Duo S series of water softeners 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 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 received the same accolade in 2013. In 2014, the "black penguin" BWT table water filter won the

Red Dot Design Award The Red Dot Design Award is a German international design prize awarded by Red Dot GmbH & Co. KG. There are prize categories for product design, brands and communication design, and design concept. Since 1955, designers and producers can appl ...

Sponsorship

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BWT has a wide range of sponsorship deals with various motorsport teams, such as

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in DTM, Forze Hydrogen Electric Racing (a student racing team from the

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making hydrogen-powered race cars), ADAC GT Masters,

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, and

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in the high-profile

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and

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. Most notably, in

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, the company was the title sponsor of the

Racing Point F1 Team Racing Point F1 Team, which competed as BWT Racing Point F1 Team and commonly known as Racing Point, was a British motor racing team and constructor that Racing Point UK entered into the Formula One World Championship. The team was based in ...

(previously

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and Force India Formula One) from

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through

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as the BWT Racing Point F1 Team, up until its rebranding as the

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for the 2021 season. The F1 sponsorship was continued with the new Aston Martin team for 2021, with BWT assuming the role of a "Global Partner". In 2021, Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team driver Sebastian Vettel signed on to become a BWT Ambassador. In 2022,

Alpine F1 Team Alpine F1 Team, competing as BWT Alpine F1 Team, is a Formula One constructor which made its debut at the start of the 2021 Formula One World Championship. Formerly named Renault F1 Team and owned by the French automotive company Groupe Renault ...

signed a title sponsorship contract with BWT, with the team renamed as the BWT Alpine F1 Team. In 2023, BWT's deal with Alpine was extended to the

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's young driver lineup.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.bwt.com/ Manufacturing companies of Austria Manufacturing companies established in 1823 Economy of Upper Austria 1823 establishments in Germany 1990 mergers and acquisitions