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'''BWT''', registered name '''BWT AG''', is an [[Austria]]n manufacturing company of [[water treatment]] systems with its headquarters in [[Mondsee (town)|Mondsee]].
'''BWT''', registered name BWT [[Aktiengesellschaft|AG]], is an [[Austria]]n manufacturing company of [[water treatment]] systems with its headquarters in [[Mondsee (town)|Mondsee]].


== Production sites and subsidiaries ==
== Production sites and subsidiaries ==
The company has four main production sites at [[Mondsee (town)|Mondsee]] ([[Austria]]), [[Schriesheim]] ([[Germany]]), [[Paris]] ([[France]]), [[Aesch, Basel-Landschaft|Aesch]] ([[Switzerland]]) numerous [[subsidiaries]] and affiliated companies and a global distribution network.<ref name="bwt-group2"/>
The company has four main production sites at Mondsee (Austria), [[Schriesheim]] ([[Germany]]), [[Paris]] ([[France]]), and [[Aesch, Basel-Landschaft|Aesch]] ([[Switzerland]]), as well as numerous [[subsidiaries]] and affiliated companies, and a global distribution network.<ref name="bwt-group2"/>


== History ==
== History ==
BWT AG was founded as '''Benckiser Wassertechnik''' in 1823 by [[Johann Benckiser|Johann Adam Benckiser]] in [[Germany]]. Following several [[Mergers and acquisitions|acquisitions and mergers]] the company was purchased in 1990 by Andreas Weißenbacher in a [[Management buyout|management-buyout]]. The company was floated on the [[Vienna Stock Exchange]] in 1992. The WAB Group is the principal [[shareholder]] of BWT AG, with around 20% of the [[share (finance)|shares]] owned by diverse [[shareholder]]s (and roughly 6% owned by the company (as at February 2014).<ref name="bwt-group2"/>
BWT was founded as '''Benckiser Wassertechnik''' in 1823 by [[Johann Benckiser|Johann Adam Benckiser]] in [[Germany]]. Following several [[Mergers and acquisitions|acquisitions and mergers]], the company was purchased in 1990 by Andreas Weißenbacher in a [[management buyout]]. The company was floated on the [[Wiener Börse|Vienna Stock Exchange]] in 1992.
The WAB Group is the principal [[shareholder]] of BWT, with around 20% of [[share (finance)|shares]] owned by diverse [[shareholder]]s and roughly 6% owned by the company (as of February 2014).<ref name="bwt-group2" />


== Products ==
== Products ==
BWT provides products, water treatment systems and services for:
BWT provides products, water treatment systems and services for:


* filtering and [[desalination]] of [[drinking water]], [[Medication|pharmaceutical]] and process water (pure water, [[ultrapure water]], [[water for injection]], et cetera), and [[swimming pool]] water. The pharmaceutical water division, BWT Pharma & Biotech, is headquartered in Germany near [[Stuttgart]].
* [[Drinking water]]
*[[Pharmaceutical]] and process water (pure water, [[ultrapure water]], water for injection (WFI), Pure Steam, and Water Loops Distribution). The Pharmaceutical division is headquartered in [[Germany]] near [[Stuttgart]]. This division is known as BWT Pharma & Biotech. It supplies its systems to the biggest Global Pharmaceutical Companies.
* Sea Water Desalination
* Fuel cell membranes
* Industrial Water
* Hotels and Restaurant water
* Heating water
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* Boiler and cooling water
* Water for air-conditioning systems
* Swimming pool water
* Swimming pool cleaning robots


* Fuel cell and battery [[membrane]]s
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, [[Electrodeionization|electrodeionisation]], chlorine dioxide generators and [[metering pump]]s. BWT now develops [[membrane]]s for [[fuel cells]] and batteries.
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* Heating, boiling, and cooling water
* [[Ion exchange]] systems for demineralisation (including [[water softening]])
* [[metering pump|Metering]] technology
* [[Electrolysis of water|Electrolysis]], [[electrodialysis]], and [[Electrodeionization|electrodeionisation]]


== Awards and prizes ==
== Awards and prizes ==
The filter cartridge for table water using the patented Mg<sup>2+</sup> technology received the National Award for Innovation for [[Upper Austria]] in 2011.<ref>[http://www.tmg.at/3210_DEU_HTML.php http://www.tmg.at/3210_DEU_HTML.php] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519145631/http://www.tmg.at/3210_DEU_HTML.php |date=19 May 2014 }}.</ref> 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]]).
The company's filter cartridge for table water received the National Award for Innovation for [[Upper Austria]] in 2011.<ref>[http://www.tmg.at/3210_DEU_HTML.php http://www.tmg.at/3210_DEU_HTML.php] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519145631/http://www.tmg.at/3210_DEU_HTML.php |date=19 May 2014 }}.</ref> The same year, the Rondomat Duo S series of water softeners won the Austrian national design prize<ref>[http://www.staatspreis-design.at/archiv_2011.html http://www.staatspreis-design.at] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322042544/http://www.staatspreis-design.at/archiv_2011.html |date=22 March 2016 }}.</ref> in the Capital Goods category awarded by the Federal Ministry of the Economy Family and Youth (German: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend).


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BWT’s products for private households have been winners of the Plus X Award on two occasions. In 2012, the AQA perla<ref>http://www.digitalehalloffame.de/products/sa/bwt_aqaperla.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402044842/http://www.digitalehalloffame.de/products/sa/bwt_aqaperla.php |date=2 April 2014 }} .</ref> water softening system was voted "Best Product of the Year 2013", and the E1 Single Lever filter<ref>{{cite web|author=Sorry, this entry is only available in German. |url=http://www.digitale-hall-of-fame.de/en |title=www.digitale-hall-of-fame.de/en |publisher=Digitale-hall-of-fame.de |date= |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> received the same accolade in 2013.
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<ref>[http://www.staatspreis-design.at/archiv_2011.html http://www.staatspreis-design.at] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322042544/http://www.staatspreis-design.at/archiv_2011.html |date=22 March 2016 }}.</ref> in the Capital Goods category awarded by the Federal Ministry of the Economy Family and Youth (German: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend).


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In 2014, the "black penguin" BWT table water filter won the [[Red Dot Design Award]].
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BWT’s building technology products for private households have been winners of the Plus X Award on two occasions. In 2012, the AQA perla<ref>[http://www.digitalehalloffame.de/products/sa/bwt_aqaperla.php http://www.digitalehalloffame.de/products/sa/bwt_aqaperla.php] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402044842/http://www.digitalehalloffame.de/products/sa/bwt_aqaperla.php |date=2 April 2014 }} .</ref> water softening system was voted 'Best Product of the Year 2013', and the E1 Single Lever filter<ref>{{cite web|author=Sorry, this entry is only available in German. |url=http://www.digitale-hall-of-fame.de/en |title=www.digitale-hall-of-fame.de/en |publisher=Digitale-hall-of-fame.de |date= |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> (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.

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In 2014, the 'black penguin' BWT table water filter won the [[Red Dot Design Award]].


==Sponsorship==
==Sponsorship==
[[File:Mazepin Force India VJM11 Testing Barcelona.jpg|thumb|right|[[Force India VJM11|Force India]] car sponsored by BWT.]]
[[File:Mazepin Force India VJM11 Testing Barcelona.jpg|thumb|right|[[Force India VJM11|Force India]] car sponsored by BWT]]
BWT has a wide range of sponsorship deals with various motorsport teams, such as [[Mücke Motorsport]] in DTM, Forze Hydrogen Electric Racing, a student racing team from the [[Delft University of Technology]], making race cars on hydrogen, ADAC-GT Masters and Formula 4 and [[Walter Lechner Racing]] in the high profile [[Porsche Carrera Cup Germany]] and [[Porsche Supercup]].
BWT has a wide range of sponsorship deals with various motorsport teams, such as [[Mücke Motorsport]] in DTM, Forze Hydrogen Electric Racing (a student racing team from the [[Delft University of Technology]] making hydrogen-powered race cars), [[ADAC GT Masters]], [[Formula 4]], and [[Lechner Racing|Walter Lechner Racing]] in the high-profile [[Porsche Carrera Cup Germany]] and [[Porsche Supercup]].

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Most notably, in [[Formula One]], the company was the title sponsor of the [[Racing Point F1 Team]] (previously [[Racing Point Force India]] and [[Force India Formula One Team|Force India Formula One]]) from [[2017 Formula One World Championship|2017]] through [[2020 Formula One World Championship|2020]] as the BWT Racing Point F1 Team, up until its rebranding as the [[Aston Martin in Formula One|Aston Martin F1 Team]] for the 2021 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forceindiaf1.com/news/sahara-force-india-signs-partnership-agreement-bwt |title=SAHARA FORCE INDIA SIGNS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH BWT |publisher=forceindiaf1.com |date= 14 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224053133/http://www.forceindiaf1.com/news/sahara-force-india-signs-partnership-agreement-bwt |archive-date=24 February 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=PRESS RELEASE: "An icon reborn: Aston Martin returns to F1™ grid with Cognizant as title partner"|url=https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/articles/launch-article|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107140707/https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/articles/launch-article |archive-date=7 January 2021 |access-date=|website=}}</ref> The F1 sponsorship was continued with the new Aston Martin team for 2021, with BWT assuming the role of a "Global Partner".<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One™ Team partners with BWT|url=https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/articles/aston-martin-cognizant-formula-one-tm-team-partners-with-bwt|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513212515/https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/articles/aston-martin-cognizant-formula-one-tm-team-partners-with-bwt |archive-date=13 May 2021 |access-date=|website=}}</ref> In 2021, Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team driver [[Sebastian Vettel]] signed on to become a BWT Ambassador.

[[File:2022 British Grand Prix (52382586268).jpg|thumb|right|BWT-sponsored [[Alpine A522]] at the [[2022 British Grand Prix]]]]


In 2021, BWT announced that they joined the ranks of the [[Salzburg Festival | Salzburg Festival's]] main sponsors. The sponsorship deal became effective at the start of the festival's 2021 season and is set to expire in 2026.<ref>{{cite web |title=Set the stage for BWT |url=https://www.bwt.com/en/about-bwt/group-news/current-pressreleases/set-the-stage-for-bwt/ |access-date=5 August 2024}}</ref>
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Most notably, in [[Formula One]], they lent their pink corporate colours to the [[Racing Point F1 Team]] (previously [[Racing Point Force India]] and [[Force India Formula One Team|Force India Formula One]]) from [[2017 Formula One World Championship|2017]] till the end of [[2020 Formula One World Championship|2020]] as title sponsors up until the team rebranded as [[Aston Martin in Formula One|Aston Martin Cognizant]] moving forward in the 2021 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forceindiaf1.com/news/sahara-force-india-signs-partnership-agreement-bwt |title=SAHARA FORCE INDIA SIGNS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH BWT |publisher=forceindiaf1.com |date= 14 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224053133/http://www.forceindiaf1.com/news/sahara-force-india-signs-partnership-agreement-bwt |archive-date=24 February 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=PRESS RELEASE: "An icon reborn: Aston Martin returns to F1™ grid with Cognizant as title partner"|url=https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/articles/launch-article|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107140707/https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/articles/launch-article |archive-date=7 January 2021 |access-date=|website=}}</ref> The sponsorship was continued with the new Aston Martin team for 2021, with BWT taking the role of a Global Partner. The livery featured subtle BWT brand accents, as well as BWT brand logos.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One™ Team partners with BWT"|url=https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/articles/aston-martin-cognizant-formula-one-tm-team-partners-with-bwt|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513212515/https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/articles/aston-martin-cognizant-formula-one-tm-team-partners-with-bwt |archive-date=13 May 2021 |access-date=|website=}}</ref>


In 2022, [[Alpine F1 Team]] signed a title sponsorship contract with BWT, with the team renamed as the BWT Alpine F1 Team. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Luke |date=2022-02-11 |title=Alpine set for blue and pink livery as BWT becomes title sponsor |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/alpine-set-for-blue-and-pink-livery-as-bwt-becomes-title-sponsor/8074293/ |access-date= |website=www.motorsport.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, BWT's deal with Alpine was extended to the [[Alpine Academy]]'s young driver lineup.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Sam |date=2023-03-04 |title=Alpine extend key collaboration |url=https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/102580/alpine-bwt-young-driver-extend/ |access-date= |website=GPfans |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-04 |title=BWT and Alpine extend their partnership to the Alpine Academy young driver programme |url=https://media.alpinecars.com/bwt-and-alpine-extend-their-partnership-to-the-alpine-academy-young-driver-programme/ |access-date= |website=Newsroom Alpine}}</ref>
In 2021, Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team driver, [[Sebastian Vettel]], signed-on to become a BWT Ambassador. The personal sponsorship included full BWT branding and colours for the drivers helmet.


In 2022, [[Alpine F1 Team|Alpine Formula One Team]] signed a sponsorship contract to make BWT their title sponsor.
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Economy of Upper Austria]]
[[Category:Economy of Upper Austria]]
[[Category:1823 establishments in Germany]]
[[Category:1823 establishments in the German Confederation]]
[[Category:1990 mergers and acquisitions]]
[[Category:1990 mergers and acquisitions]]

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BWT
Company typeAktiengesellschaft
ISINAT0000737705
IndustryWater treatment
Founded1823 as Benckiser Wassertechnik
FounderJohann Adam Benckiser
Headquarters
Mondsee, Upper Austria
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Austria
Key people
Andreas Weißenbacher (CEO)[1]
Gerhard Speigner (CFO)[1]
ProductsEquipment and systems for water treatment
Revenue€610.04 million (2016)
Number of employees
3,300 (2017)[2]
Websitewww.bwt.com

BWT, registered name BWT AG, is an Austrian manufacturing company of water treatment systems with its headquarters in Mondsee.

Production sites and subsidiaries

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The company has four main production sites at Mondsee (Austria), Schriesheim (Germany), Paris (France), and Aesch (Switzerland), as well as numerous subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and a global distribution network.[2]

History

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BWT was founded as Benckiser Wassertechnik in 1823 by Johann Adam Benckiser in Germany. Following several acquisitions and mergers, the company was purchased in 1990 by Andreas Weißenbacher in a management buyout. The company was floated on the Vienna Stock Exchange 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).[2]

Products

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BWT provides products, water treatment systems and services for:

Awards and prizes

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The company's filter cartridge for table water received the National Award for Innovation for Upper Austria in 2011.[3] The same year, the Rondomat Duo S series of water softeners won the Austrian national design prize[4] 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[5] water softening system was voted "Best Product of the Year 2013", and the E1 Single Lever filter[6] received the same accolade in 2013.

In 2014, the "black penguin" BWT table water filter won the Red Dot Design Award.

Sponsorship

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Force India car sponsored by BWT

BWT has a wide range of sponsorship deals with various motorsport teams, such as Mücke Motorsport in DTM, Forze Hydrogen Electric Racing (a student racing team from the Delft University of Technology making hydrogen-powered race cars), ADAC GT Masters, Formula 4, and Walter Lechner Racing in the high-profile Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and Porsche Supercup.

Most notably, in Formula One, the company was the title sponsor of the Racing Point F1 Team (previously Racing Point Force India and Force India Formula One) from 2017 through 2020 as the BWT Racing Point F1 Team, up until its rebranding as the Aston Martin F1 Team for the 2021 season.[7][8] The F1 sponsorship was continued with the new Aston Martin team for 2021, with BWT assuming the role of a "Global Partner".[9] In 2021, Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team driver Sebastian Vettel signed on to become a BWT Ambassador.

BWT-sponsored Alpine A522 at the 2022 British Grand Prix

In 2021, BWT announced that they joined the ranks of the Salzburg Festival's main sponsors. The sponsorship deal became effective at the start of the festival's 2021 season and is set to expire in 2026.[10]

In 2022, Alpine F1 Team signed a title sponsorship contract with BWT, with the team renamed as the BWT Alpine F1 Team. [11] In 2023, BWT's deal with Alpine was extended to the Alpine Academy's young driver lineup.[12][13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "www.bwt-group.com/en/BWT/company/vorstand/Pages/default.aspx". Bwt-group.com. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "www.bwt-group.com/en/investors/download/Pages/annual-reports.aspx". Bwt-group.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  3. ^ http://www.tmg.at/3210_DEU_HTML.php Archived 19 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ http://www.staatspreis-design.at Archived 22 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ http://www.digitalehalloffame.de/products/sa/bwt_aqaperla.php Archived 2 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine .
  6. ^ Sorry, this entry is only available in German. "www.digitale-hall-of-fame.de/en". Digitale-hall-of-fame.de. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  7. ^ "SAHARA FORCE INDIA SIGNS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH BWT". forceindiaf1.com. 14 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019.
  8. ^ "PRESS RELEASE: "An icon reborn: Aston Martin returns to F1™ grid with Cognizant as title partner"". Archived from the original on 7 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One™ Team partners with BWT". Archived from the original on 13 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Set the stage for BWT". Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  11. ^ Smith, Luke (11 February 2022). "Alpine set for blue and pink livery as BWT becomes title sponsor". www.motorsport.com.
  12. ^ Hall, Sam (4 March 2023). "Alpine extend key collaboration". GPfans.
  13. ^ "BWT and Alpine extend their partnership to the Alpine Academy young driver programme". Newsroom Alpine. 4 March 2023.
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