Group structure - BWT Group

Highlights of the year 1999
AQA total receives
international accolades
Increase in the
participation in
Christ AG to 33.5%
In March, the unique limescale
protection technology in AQA total
drinking water treatment devices
had already been awarded the
DVGW (German Association of
Gas and Water Installers) certificate
at the ISH international trade fair
in Frankfurt. Some months
later, the ÖVGW – the
Austrian equivalent to
the DVGW – awarded
the important ÖVGW
quality seal to the
entire product range
(type 1500 to typ
14000).
The SVGW award, as well as
awards by the French CEBTP and
In July 1999, BWT AG increased its
participation in the internationally
active ultra pure water specialist to
33.5%. In Europe, Christ is market
leader in the area of water treatment
for the pharmaceuticals and
microelectronics industry, and in
Switzerland it is also market leader
in standard instruments. The
increase in the participation took
place during a period of reorientation
of the microelectronics industry,
and therefore did not affect
any new investments, as had been
the case during the previous year.
These difficult market conditions
and certain special projects at the
local Christ swimming pool companies
led to significant losses,
which – amplified by the increase
in the participation – affected
BWT’s result.
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the American SECTRUMLAB are
the basis for the rapid internationalisation
of the worldwide first drinking
water treatment for sanitary
installations which has been awarded
these certificates.
AQA total
will be
expanded
into an
international
brand
name and
at the
same time,
represents the
opportunity for an ecology-oriented
mass market in the water treatment