On the 31st of January 2019, the European Commission confirmed the acquisition of AQUATRON by BWT Group, Europe's leading water technology company.

Andreas Weissenbacher - CEO of BWT Group

Wolfgang STANGASSINGER - Head of the BWT Pool Division

Wolfgang Stangassinger, Head of the BWT Pool Division:

"We are delighted to welcome AQUATRON, a world leader in the design and manufacturing of pool robots, to our BWT Family. With its innovative products and strong position on international markets, it is a perfect fit to our growing pool business activities.

With all of AQUATRON's expertise, its know-how, its R&D and production knowledge and competences as well as its customer oriented business model, we will meet the various expectations of our international, professional as well as residential customers.

Together, we will further strengthen the valuable partnerships with all our existing and also with new partners who are invited and welcomed to benefit from our leading technologies and our international BWT brand activities."

With the acquisition of AQUATRON, the BWT Group has made an important step forward in the pool market and opens up new distribution channels in Europe and around the world.

Benzi Torem - General manager of Aquatron

Benzi Torem, General Manager of AQUATRON:

"We are very happy to join the BWT Family with its strengths and corporate values, its high dedication and professionalism.

The worldwide presence of BWT in the water treatment and pool business will leverage tremendously AQUATRON's market activities.

We are grateful for this encouraging new relationship."

In addition to AQUATRON's existing pool robot range, BWT will launch three new BWT-branded lines of electrical pool cleaners for its worldwide partners in the pool business.

About BWT

The Best Water Technology Group is Europe's leading water technology business with a staff of 4,500, working on innovative, economical and ecologically friendly water purification technologies to provide private households, industry, commerce, hotels and municipalities with the safest, healthiest and most hygienic water possible for their day-to-day needs. BWT provides modern purification systems and services for drinking water and water used in pharmaceutical and other processes, heating, boilers, cooling and air conditioning as well as water used in swimming pools. The company's research and development staff works on new techniques and materials using cutting-edge methods to develop economical and ecologically friendly products. Employees work particularly hard to create products, which use fewer resources and less energy, thereby reducing CO2 emissions.

Further information on the BWT Group and its activities is available at www.bwt.com