PWT
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1970
- HeadquartersZwingenberg, Germany
- Headcount251–500
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
PWT firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- PWT
- Legal name
- PWT Wasser- und Abwassertechnik GmbH
- Website
- https://pwt.de
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1970
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 251–500 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
PWT industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Water Treatment Engineering Services
- NAICS
- Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Sewage Treatment Facilities (221320), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131)
- SIC
- Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623), Water Supply (4941)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) (EUANADAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE), Desalination Plant EPC, O&M & Performance Optimization (EUANAFAK), Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Operations & Maintenance (BPALAMAB)
Keywords
Where PWT is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Zwingenberg
- HQ country
- Germany
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices10 records
Markets served
PWT business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- EPC/General Contractor Services: Turnkey planning, construction, and commissioning of water and wastewater treatment plants. Includes mechanical and electrical equipment procurement, civil works, and project management. Revenue recognized from large infrastructure projects.
- Operational Management Services: Technical and commercial operations management of water treatment facilities. Includes process analysis, consulting, process optimization, maintenance, and financing models (BOT, BOOT, BOO, BLOT, ROT).
- Plant Engineering and Design: Classical plant construction including all necessary detailed planning (process and EMSR/automation), 3D CAD planning using COMOS and Bentley systems.
- Water 4.0 Digital Solutions: Automation, operational management, and system documentation services including PLC programming, process control systems, telecontrol, and digital solutions for plant documentation and operation.
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels4 records
PWT product offering
Product offeringCore offering
PWT plans, builds, and operates turnkey drinking water, wastewater, and industrial process water treatment plants, acting as a general contractor (EPC) for municipal and industrial clients. Its service portfolio spans plant engineering, EPC turnkey delivery, long-term operational management under BOT/BOOT/BOO/O/BLOT/ROT models, and Water 4.0 digital automation and documentation solutions. The company applies physical-chemical, membrane, aerobic and anaerobic biological process technologies, including proprietary methods such as DENICARB, KATOX, and the PRAMOS digital operations platform.
Product overview
PWT Wasser- und Abwassertechnik GmbH is a general contractor providing integrated water treatment solutions spanning plant engineering (Anlagenbau), EPC turnkey delivery, operational management (Betriebsführung), and Water 4.0 digitization services. The company offers four core service lines — Plant Engineering, EPC General Contractor, Operational Management, and Water 4.0 — which are applied across five key application areas: Drinking Water, Wastewater, Process Water, Water Recycling, and Remediation of Contaminated Sites. Four principal process technology families underpin these applications: Physical and Chemical, Membrane, Biological Aerobic, and Biological Anaerobic technologies. Supporting software products include the proprietary PRAMOS® operational management system and Siemens COMOS® for integrated engineering planning. PWT serves both industry and public sector clients, acting as a single-source provider from planning and construction through to commissioning and ongoing operation.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- PRAMOS: Digital operational management system for paperless planning and documentation of maintenance and safety instructions.
- DENICARB Process
- KATOX Plants
Products and services
- Plant Engineering (Anlagenbau) Customized water treatment plant engineering covering basic planning, mechanical and electrical equipment design, and construction management. Uses 3D CAE/CAD tools (Siemens COMOS and Bentley) for cost-efficient plant delivery. Targets municipal and industrial clients seeking tailored water treatment plant concepts and modernization/optimization of existing plants.
- General Contractor / EPC (Generalunternehmer EPC) Turnkey planning, construction, and delivery of water treatment plants and associated networks and pipelines, with PWT acting as the single point of contact for engineering, procurement, and construction. Targets municipalities and industrial clients seeking EPC delivery from a single source with warranty centralized.
- Operational Management (Betriebsführung) Full technical and commercial operations management of water treatment plants, including process analysis, consulting, process optimization, maintenance support, and financing models (BOT, BOOT, BOO, O, BLOT, ROT). For municipalities and industrial clients needing long-term plant operation support with financing concepts.
- Water 4.0 Digital Solutions Digital solutions for water treatment plants covering automation, operational management, and system documentation, including PLC and process control systems, telecontrol, and digitization of plant inventory and maintenance workflows. Targets municipal and industrial operators seeking paperless operations, PRAMOS-based maintenance, and integration with enterprise systems such as SAP.
- Drinking Water Treatment (Trinkwasser) Drinking water treatment for surface water, well water, or seawater, spanning planning, construction, commissioning, and operation using membrane and chemical-physical processes. Designed for municipalities and public authorities that need to secure drinking water supply for populations such as the 350,000 inhabitants of Durrës.
- Wastewater Treatment (Abwasser) Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants designed to meet legal discharge requirements, offered as turnkey planning, construction, and commissioning from a single source. Targets municipalities, public authorities, and industrial enterprises, with installations such as the Ambarli plant serving 2 million inhabitants.
- Process Water Treatment (Prozesswasser) Customized industrial process water treatment, including ultrapure water for pharmaceuticals, boiler feed water for power plants, and process water for the paper industry. Delivered with modernization and process optimization support; samples include a reverse osmosis plant reconstruction for a pharmaceutical and chemical company in Germany.
- Water Recycling (Wasserrecycling) Water recycling and reuse solutions that enable industrial, agricultural, and municipal clients to reduce costs and ecological footprint by reusing treated wastewater, applying PWT's physical, biological, and membrane-based process technologies.
- Contaminated Site Remediation (Altlastensanierung) Groundwater and soil air remediation for contaminated sites, treating ammonium, nitrate, PFAS, heavy metals, hydrocarbons, and other contaminants using in-situ and pump-and-treat methods, plus proprietary processes such as DENICARB denitrification and KATOX catalytic afterburning. Targets private and public clients with contaminated industrial sites.
- PRAMOS Operational Management Software PWT's proprietary mobile digital operational management system for paperless planning and documentation of maintenance and safety instructions at water treatment plants. Offers configurable interfaces to COMOS, the COMOS maintenance tool, and other planning/database systems including SAP, enabling mobile operational management for municipal and industrial plant operators.
Quantifiable outcome
- Successfully treats wastewater for population of 2 million (Ambarli plant)
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use PWT
Customer profileNamed customers15 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
PWT technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration5 records
Feature6 records
PWT partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- SiemenscorePWT is a certified Siemens Solution Partner in automation with specializations in HMI SIMATIC, Water & Wastewater Industry, Industrial Communications, and Advanced Factory Automation. PWT uses Siemens COMOS software for engineering design.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves8 records
Expansion highlights5 records
PWT competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- VA Tech Wabag: Austrian-headquartered global water EPC contractor focused on municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment plants. Closest direct competitor in size and business model to PWT, also offering turnkey and BOOT/O&M structures.
- Fluence Corporation: Decentralized water and wastewater treatment specialist delivering packaged and custom-built plants globally. Comparable in targeting emerging markets with modular, fast-deploy treatment solutions overlapping PWT's municipal WWTP offering.
- Doosan Enpure: South Korean EPC contractor specializing in desalination and water/wastewater plants, with strong Middle East presence. Direct overlap with PWT on desalination (Ekerem-type projects) and municipal WWTP EPC across Gulf markets.
- IDE Technologies: Israel-based desalination and water treatment EPC specialist, particularly active in Gulf countries and Mediterranean. Competes head-to-head with PWT on seawater desalination and industrial process water projects.
Emerging players
- Organica Water: Hungarian-origin biological wastewater treatment specialist with proprietary fixed-film activated sludge process. Competes with PWT's aerobic biological WWTP solutions, particularly in municipal and industrial Asian markets.
- Gradiant: US-based water and wastewater treatment specialist with proprietary desalination and zero-liquid-discharge technologies. Increasingly competing with PWT on industrial process water and reuse projects in the Middle East and Asia.
Broad incumbents
- Veolia Water Technologies: Global water services giant offering municipal and industrial water treatment, desalination and O&M. Significantly larger than PWT but competes on the same tenders, often as the anchor incumbent on megaprojects PWT would otherwise win.
- Xylem: Global water technology company serving municipal utility, industrial and residential markets with treatment, transport and analytics. Overlaps with PWT's plant engineering and digital (Water 4.0) offerings at significantly greater scale.
- Suez Water Technologies & Solutions: French-based global environmental services firm with water treatment EPC and digital operations services. Competes with PWT across European municipal and industrial tenders and on the digital plant operations layer.
Regional players
- Aqua Engineering (Austria): Austrian engineering firm focused on industrial and municipal water/wastewater treatment plant design and construction across Central Europe. Direct regional peer to PWT in the DACH and CEE markets with similar scale and EPC delivery model.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
PWT social profiles
Digital presencePWT compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance4 records
PWT financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
PWT leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
PWT subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries8 records
PWT funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
PWT M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about PWT
What does PWT do?
PWT plans, builds, and operates turnkey drinking water, wastewater, and industrial process water treatment plants, acting as a general contractor (EPC) for municipal and industrial clients. Its service portfolio spans plant engineering, EPC turnkey delivery, long-term operational management under BOT/BOOT/BOO/O/BLOT/ROT models, and Water 4.0 digital automation and documentation solutions. The company applies physical-chemical, membrane, aerobic and anaerobic biological process technologies, including proprietary methods such as DENICARB, KATOX, and the PRAMOS digital operations platform.
Is PWT a public or private company?
PWT is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was PWT founded?
PWT was founded in 1970. It employs 251 to 500 people.
Where is PWT based?
PWT is headquartered in Zwingenberg, Germany, in the Europe region.
How does PWT make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. EPC/General Contractor Services are the primary driver. The others are operational Management Services, plant Engineering and Design and water 4.0 Digital Solutions.
Who are PWT's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are VA Tech Wabag, Fluence Corporation, Doosan Enpure and IDE Technologies. Emerging players are Organica Water and Gradiant. Broad incumbents are Veolia Water Technologies, Xylem and Suez Water Technologies & Solutions. Aqua Engineering (Austria) is listed as a regional player.
Does PWT have an API?
No public API is recorded for PWT.
What industry is PWT in?
PWT's product category is Water Treatment Engineering Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUANADAA, Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs), with a secondary code of EUANALAE, Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight). Its NAICS code is 2213 and its SIC code is 1623.