It is not the awards that count but rather the one receiving the award: AQUAmax.
Environmental Prize 1999
In September 1999 ATB received the Environmental Prize of the German Federal State of Mecklenburg Vorpommern for the small wastewater treatment plant AQUAmax.
Environmental Prize 2001 in Austria
The AQUAmax won the Environmental Prize of the Austrian industry for the sector “Ecodesign and product innovation”.
ATB honoured as Founder Champion 2002 in the NRW
In May, Markus Baumann, managing partner and founder of the ATB, received the award as Founder Champion 2002 for the German Federal State of Nordrhein-Westfalen. more...
In 2001 ATB was honoured as participant of the ÖKOPROFIT project
ÖKOPROFIT is an environmental management system, which is carried out in some regions in collaboration with regional authorities and external consultants. With ATB, for example, one noted resource-friendly handling of raw materials and energy. more...
ATB awarded the Innovation Prize
”Market Visions OWL” 2003 for the AQUAmax unit assembly system. In November 2003 ATB receives innovation prize.
AQUAmax as first small wastewater treatment plant in Germany with the Approval for Nitrification
The AQUAmax has been certified as the small wastewater treatment plant in Germany for the category “Nitrification”. This means that the AQUAmax also degrades ammonium very well. Thus ATB has demonstrated that small wastewater treatment plants can do much more than just “basic treatment".
Award of “potential Innovation”
The Financial Times and IHK count ATB among the 10 most innovative companies in Germany and thus made the award in 2004.
Finalist Entrepreneur of the Year 2004
ATB designated as finalist in the company competition in 2004. With this Ernst & Young, the Accountant firm. honours the outstanding business performance of ATB.
Entrepreneur of the Year 2005:
With this year’s nomination as finalist in the “Industry” category, the firm of Ernst & Young acknowledged the business performance of Markus Baumann for the German economics location already for the second time. The businessman’s prize will be awarded on 23 September 2005 in the Alten Oper (Old Opera) in Frankfurt.. more...
ATB Umwelttechnologien from Porta Westfalica with the award “Grand Prix of the small and medium-sized businesses”:
Over 2,500 companies from the whole of the Federal Republic of Germany were nominated, but only some 50 of these have made it: they are the finalists for the much sought after German Economics Prize “Grand Prix of small and medium-sized businesses”, the so- called “Blue Chips”, the top companies in the country. Amongst these: ATB Umwelttechnologien GmbH from Porta Westfalica. The main prize-giving took place on 10 September 2005 with celebrations at the Cologne Maritim Hotel.
AQUAmax inventor ATB Umwelttechnologien GmbH honoured by ex-Minister-President Lothar Späth for outstanding innovative performance
The ATB Umwelttechnologien GmbH from Porta Westfalica for its outstanding innovative performance received the Quality Seal Top 100 2006. The seal was awarded within the framework of a festive event on 23 June 2006 at the top of the highest mountain in Germany, the Zugspitz, by mentor and ex Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg, Lothar Späth. mehr...