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JOWA

Swedish maker of marine water treatment and environmental equipment: oily water separators, bilge alarms, ODME, sewage plants, RO water makers and sterilisers.

Kållered, Sweden · Company

About

The company began in the 1950s as AB Brunnshygien, analysing well water, and became JOWA AB after its owners Jowén and Wallentin. In the 1970s JOWA sold MARPOL 73/78 oily water separators to Swedish shipyards including Götaverken and Kockums, then grew through exports to Denmark, Norway, Germany and the Netherlands, and worldwide after 1992.

Subsidiaries followed in Norway (1993), Singapore (1994), Shanghai (1995) and Germany (1996). JOWA Shanghai opened the first factory abroad in 2000 and a larger plant was built in Shaoxing in 2008. JOWA USA, formerly Metritape, Inc., has supplied level gauging since 1965. In 2019 the group had about 135 employees, 8 subsidiaries and 23 agents.

Products · 24 of 24

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