BWA ADDITIVES has been through many changes of ownership since its first commercial sales as part of chemical giant Ciba-Geigy in the early 1970s, but, according to James Argyle, VP for Thermal Desalination & Group CFO of the UK desalination and water treatment chemical producer, the company has gained something each time. The real turning-point was in 2006, when the current CEO, David Cartmell, led a buyout of BWA from its owner at the time, Chemtura. Now the company s overall business is growing at around 10% a year. D&WR s editor, Robin Wiseman, talked to James Argyle in the company s modern offices and laboratories only a couple of miles from its old owner, Chemtura, in Manchester s Trafford industrial area. This article first appeared in the February/March 2013 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.
BWA ADDITIVES has been through many changes of ownership since its first commercial sales as part of chemical giant Ciba-Geigy in the early 1970s, but, according to James Argyle, VP for Thermal Desalination & Group CFO of the UK desalination and water treatment chemical producer, the company has gained something each time.
The real turning-point was in 2006, when the current CEO, David Cartmell, led a buyout of BWA from its owner at the time, Chemtura. Now the company’s overall business is growing at around 10% a year. D&WR’s editor, Robin Wiseman, talked to James Argyle in the company’s modern offices and laboratories only a couple of miles from its old owner, Chemtura, in Manchester’s Trafford industrial area.
This article first appeared in the February/March 2013 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.