no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . august 2014 bwt ag isin at0000737705 industry water treatment founded 1990 headquarters mondsee austria key people andreas wei enbacher chief executive officer ceo 1 gerhard speigner chief financial officer cfo 1 products equipment and systems for water treatment revenue 507.7 million euros 2013 number of employees 2 643 31 . dezember 2013 2 website www.bwt group.com 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 contents 1 production sites and subsidiaries 2 history 3 products 4 awards and prizes 5 external links 6 references production sites and subsidiaries edit 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 . 2 history edit 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 wei enbacher 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 . 2 products edit bwt provides products water treatment systems and services for drinking water pharmaceutical and process water pure water ultrapure water water for injection wfi heating water boiler and cooling water water for air conditioning systems and swimming pool water 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 edit the filter cartridge for table water using the patented mg2 technology received the national award for innovation for upper austria in 2011 4 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 5 in the capital goods category awarded by the federal ministry of the economy family and youth german bundesministerium f r 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 6 water softening system was voted best product of the year 2013 and the e1 single lever filter 7 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 . external links edit website references edit a b http www.bwt group.com en bwt company vorstand pages default.aspx . bwt group.com . 2013 12 31 . retrieved 2014 08 05 . external link in title help a b c http www.bwt group.com en investors download pages annual reports.aspx . bwt group.com . retrieved 2014 08 05 . external link in title help http www.bwt group.com de investoren download seiten geschaeftsberichte.aspx . bwt group.com . retrieved 2014 08 05 . external link in title help http www.tmg.at 3210 deu html.php . http www.staatspreis design.at . http www.digitalehalloffame.de products sa bwt aqaperla.php . sorry this entry is only available in german . http www.digitale hall of fame.de en . digitale hall of fame.de . retrieved 2014 08 05 . external link in title help retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bwt ag & oldid 732481752 categories publicly traded companiescompanies of austriahidden categories cs1 errors external 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