Best Water tech­nology

Our strapline “For You and Planet Blue” summarises our mission in a nutshell, which is to imple­ment sustain­able and respon­sible corpo­rate strate­gies to satisfy both the needs of the indi­vidual and to preserve the Earth as a unique habitat.

„For You“

BWT’s aims and prod­ucts are designed to serve humans and their needs; “You” are our customers, our busi­ness part­ners and our employees.

„For Planet Blue“

This describes the central role the element water plays in our “blue planet” and also the remit of BWT: we use our exper­tise to make the limited water resources of our planet acces­sible and usable – and always in harmony with nature.

Certi­fi­ca­tion

In prac­tical terms, we imple­ment our vision by submit­ting our prod­ucts and services to tests and certi­fi­ca­tion processes by inde­pen­dent insti­tu­tions to achieve the best possible stan­dards of product quality and customer satis­fac­tion. These include ISO 9001 accred­i­ta­tion and compli­ance with HACCP (Hazard Analysis Crit­ical Control Points). We have intro­duced envi­ron­mental and energy manage­ment in compli­ance with ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 to embed the concept of sustain­ability in all our activ­i­ties. We also send a clear signal in the area of occu­pa­tional health and safety: with certi­fi­ca­tion according to OHSAS 18001 – for the safety and health of our employees.

All BWT compa­nies orient them­selves to these stan­dards, and some of our compa­nies have already gained numerous ISO certi­fi­ca­tions, which reas­sures our customers and busi­ness part­ners that we act and work to the highest stan­dards at all times.

Only those who think and act inno­v­a­tively will gain a tech­no­log­ical advan­tage, and BWT’s inno­va­tion centres are committed to contin­uous research into all aspects of water treat­ment: filtra­tion methods, filter media, ion exchange systems for deminer­al­i­sa­tion, soft­ening, decar­bon­i­sa­tion, membrane tech­nolo­gies (micro-​, ultra-​ and nanofil­tra­tion, reverse osmosis), pure steam gener­a­tors, pure water distil­leries, UV systems, ozone gener­a­tors, ion exchange membranes, elec­trol­ysis, elec­tro­dial­ysis, elec­trodeion­i­sa­tion, chlo­rine dioxide gener­a­tors and dosage pumps.

We provide optimum quality water – precisely where it is needed.

BWT’s vision has evolved out of all these chal­lenges and demands. We want to become the world’s market-​leading water tech­nology group, and to achieve this we must grow all the areas of our busi­ness.

 

Growth in every sector

One of the drivers of growth is inno­va­tion. Only those who actively and contin­u­ously develop their prod­ucts and services, and think out of the box, can grow bigger and better. We also under­stand the impor­tance of geog­raphy; there are currently over 80 BWT subsidiaries and affil­i­ates world­wide and R & D depart­ments in France, Germany, Switzer­land, Austria and Russia. We’re working on gaining more!

To develop further, however, we must not only think of the future, but also of the here and now. This is why we strive to improve and opti­mise existing processes and proce­dures, and develop existing tech­nolo­gies and prod­ucts in a spirit of constant improve­ment.

As we continue to grow, we consider it our duty to assume ecolog­ical, economic and social respon­si­bility for all our activ­i­ties.

The roots of the BWT group can be traced back to 1823, when Johann Adam Benckiser founded the small chem­ical factory in Germany bearing his name. In 1990 Andreas Weißenbacher laid the foun­da­tions for BWT as we know it today as part of a manage­ment buy-​out, and from “Benckiser Water Tech­nology” he created the “BWT”, the bedrock under­pin­ning our long-​term success story. BWT’s head office was initially based in Hallein, and two years later the still young company relo­cated to Mondsee.

2020, a year unlike any we have ever seen, and yet a mile­stone in BWT Group history for the water tech­nology company cele­brates its 30th anniver­sary. 30 years of dynamic devel­op­ment, unique tech­nolo­gies and big achieve­ments for the world’s most precious resource - water. To main­tain its positing of being THE inter­na­tional water tech­nology group, BWT Aktienge­sellschaft was trans­formed into BWT Holding GmbH on 1.10.2020. Headed up by Andreas Weißenbacher and Peter Wienerroither, the company will focus on acting as the BWT Group’s manage­ment holding company.