Aquatabs

What Aquatabs does

Aquatabs is a water purification brand and operating division under Kersia Group (Kersia Ireland), manufacturing NaDCC-based disinfection products at the Medentech facility in Wexford, Ireland. The company's product portfolio spans single-use formats (Aquatabs Tablets and Granules) that release hypochlorous acid to kill 99.99% of bacteria, viruses, and protozoa within 30 minutes, and installed systems (Aquatabs Flo for passive point-of-collection chlorination and Aquatabs InLine for inline continuous dosing using TCCA, treating up to 360,000 litres per cartridge). The Aquatabs WASH Kit bundles water purification with surface, instrument, and hand disinfection for healthcare facilities. All products share a 5-year shelf life, require no electricity, and are certified by WHO, US EPA, NSF/ANSI 60, HPRA, and ISO 13485/9001/14001/45001, with regulatory registrations in over 100 countries. Manufacturing capacity stands at approximately 70 million units per standard operational week.

Aquatabs generates revenue through direct enterprise sales to governments, UN agencies (UNICEF, WHO), and major humanitarian organizations (Red Cross, MSF), supplemented by a global distributor network covering regional markets including Afghanistan (via ASMO), Niger, Bangladesh, South Sudan, Myanmar, Peru, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Yemen. The company also serves agricultural clients (pig and poultry farmers via InLine systems), healthcare facilities (via WASH kits), and consumer/travel channels through its website. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, reflecting a B2G/B2NGO tender-driven commercial model. The go-to-market is primarily enterprise field sales with channel-partner distribution, targeting four primary verticals: governments and charities, healthcare facilities, educational facilities, and agriculture, with secondary segments in hospitality/travel and marine.

The company employs 51-100 people and operates as a privately held brand with no disclosed external investors or public listing. Aquatabs' competitive position is anchored by regulatory certifications, institutional trust built over four decades with major humanitarian organizations, and manufacturing scale that supports competitive per-unit pricing on humanitarian volumes. Distribution is structured as a multi-channel model combining direct enterprise sales, regional distributors, agricultural suppliers, and direct enquiry-based e-commerce for smaller buyers.

Name

Aquatabs

Legal name

Aquatabs

Website

https://aquatabs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Aquatabs is a Kersia Group brand manufacturing NaDCC-based water purification tablets, granules, and inline dosing systems for humanitarian agencies, governments, healthcare facilities, and agricultural clients globally, with regulatory registrations in 100+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Wexford

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Water Purification Products: Sale of water purification tablets, granules, and systems for drinking water disinfection. Products serve humanitarian relief, governments, NGOs, healthcare facilities, agricultural operations, and consumers. Revenue generated through direct sales to large accounts and distribution through channel partners.
2. Agricultural Water Systems: Aquatabs InLine systems sold to pig and poultry farmers for livestock water treatment, biofilm prevention, and disease reduction. Revenue from system sales and replacement cartridges.
3. Healthcare Infection Control Products: WASH kits and related infection prevention products for healthcare facilities, including surface disinfectants and instrument sterilization products.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Aquatabs manufactures and sells sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC)-based water purification products, including effervescent tablets, granules, and automated dosing systems (Aquatabs Flo and Aquatabs InLine), along with a comprehensive WASH kit for healthcare infection prevention. Products serve humanitarian relief programs, governments, NGOs, healthcare facilities, agricultural operations, and travelers across 100+ countries. Manufacturing is conducted by Medentech at the Wexford, Ireland facility, which produces approximately 70 million units per standard operational week.

Product overview

Aquatabs provides a comprehensive portfolio of water purification and disinfection products designed for various applications from individual household use to large-scale community and agricultural systems. The core product line consists of single-use tablets and granules for immediate water treatment, complemented by two automated water purification systems: Aquatabs Flo (passive point-of-collection chlorination) and Aquatabs InLine (inline point-of-entry disinfection for continuous flow treatment). The Aquatabs WASH Kit bundles multiple disinfection solutions into a comprehensive package for healthcare facility infection prevention. All products utilize sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) chemistry, which releases hypochlorous acid to inactivate harmful microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, and protozoa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aquatabs Tablets: Single-use water purification tablets for disinfecting drinking water.
• Aquatabs Granules
• Aquatabs Flo
• Aquatabs InLine
• Aquatabs WASH Kit

Products and services

• Aquatabs Tablets

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.99% of harmful bacteria and viruses eliminated in contaminated water
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vestergaard (LifeStraw): Swiss-headquartered maker of LifeStraw household and humanitarian water-purification products; competes directly with Aquatabs for UNICEF, Red Cross and donor-funded WASH tenders, though it relies on membrane filtration rather than chlorine chemistry.
• MSR Global Health: Designs point-of-use water-treatment hardware and chlorine-based dosing systems for humanitarian and community WASH programmes; overlaps with Aquatabs' Flo and InLine offerings in shared donor-funded deployments.
• Katadyn Group: Swiss portable and household water-treatment brand (filters, Micropur chlorine tablets); competes with Aquatabs in travel/outdoor and humanitarian emergency kits using both chemical and mechanical disinfection.
• Potable Aqua: US iodine- and chlorine-based water-purification tablet brand widely used by military and outdoor markets; direct chemical-disinfection competitor to Aquatabs Tablets, particularly in North American defence and outdoor channels.
• Brita (Clorox): Market-leading household pitcher and bottle water-filtration brand; competes with Aquatabs for at-home and travel water-treatment occasions, though via mechanical rather than chemical disinfection.
• PUR (Procter & Gamble): P&G's household water-purification pitcher and cartridge brand; competes with Aquatabs in retail consumer and emergency-preparedness channels, especially across North America.
• Sawyer Products: US maker of hollow-fibre and gravity water filters marketed heavily to outdoor, humanitarian and emergency-preparedness buyers; competes with Aquatabs for donor and household WASH share outside chlorine-tablet niches.

Broad incumbents

• Ecolab: Global water, hygiene and infection-prevention major serving industrial, healthcare and food-safety customers; relevant as a much larger incumbent with overlapping chlorine-based disinfection chemistry and shared food-safety customer base with Kersia.

Emerging players

• Halogen Systems (HaloSource): Emerging-player water-purification technology company with N-halamine and halogen-based chemistries; overlaps with Aquatabs' chlorine-disinfection positioning in household and humanitarian pilots.

Others

• PATH: Global health non-profit that funds, evaluates and co-deploys water-treatment products including chlorine-based interventions; relevant ecosystem participant rather than direct competitor, frequently partnering with Aquatabs-type suppliers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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