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
BWT provides products, water treatment systems and services for:
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.
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.
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]
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