- Aquabot robotic pool cleaners are manufactured in Israel by Aquatron Robotic Technology Ltd., which also identifies itself as the owner of the Aquabot brand.
- BWT Group acquired all of Aquatron in 2019, so BWT is the parent group while Aquatron remains the named brand owner, manufacturer and robotic-pool-cleaner OEM.
- Fluidra owned Aquatron from 2011 until the 2019 divestiture; current buyers must verify the exact seller, importer, model, origin record and warranty route rather than relying on an old group chart.
Aquabot robotic pool cleaners are made in Israel by Aquatron Robotic Technology Ltd. Aquatron also says it owns the Aquabot brand. BWT Group acquired Aquatron in 2019, making BWT the parent group—not a separate factory that replaced Aquatron.
That distinction resolves several conflicting answers online. Fluidra did own Aquatron after acquiring the business in 2011, but it sold the entire company to BWT in 2019 as part of the regulatory commitments attached to the Fluidra-Zodiac merger. Aqua Products, Aquatron and Aquabot also appear together in historical records, but they are not interchangeable names.
For a distributor or importer, the corporate answer is only the start. The legal manufacturer, trademark owner, contract seller, importer, U.S. website operator, authorized service center and warranty provider can sit at different levels of the same transaction.
Aquabot, Aquatron and BWT at a Glance
| Company or layer | Verified role | Important boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Aquabot | Robotic pool-cleaner brand | A brand, not a separate manufacturer or parent company |
| Aquatron Robotic Technology Ltd. | Aquabot brand owner, Israeli manufacturer and robotic-pool-cleaner OEM | The manufacturer is not automatically the invoice seller or importer in every market |
| BWT Group | Parent group that acquired Aquatron in 2019 | Group ownership does not erase Aquatron’s legal identity or trademark role |
| BWT Holding GmbH | Current BWT management holding company identified on official group pages | Historical acquisition documents use the former name BWT Aktiengesellschaft |
| Fluidra | Former owner of Aquatron from 2011 until the 2019 divestiture | Fluidra is not Aquabot’s current parent company |
| Aqua Products, Inc. | U.S. company that appeared in the 2011 acquisition and earlier trademark records | Aqua Products is not another name for Aquatron or the Aquabot brand |
| Steward Group LLC | Current U.S. market interface appearing as DBA Aquabot and DBA BWT Pool Products US | A market or website operator is not the Israeli manufacturer or global trademark owner |
| Dealer, retailer or importer | May sell, import, register or service a specific unit | Its exact responsibility comes from the invoice, contract, label and local law |
| Exact Aquabot SKU | Model, serial, label, manual and warranty file that define the transaction | The brand name alone does not prove origin, parts compatibility or warranty coverage |
Who Makes Aquabot Pool Cleaners?
Aquatron Robotic Technology Ltd. manufactures Aquabot pool cleaners.
Aquatron’s official company page describes the Israel-based business as a manufacturer focused on robotic pool cleaners. The same page says Aquatron owns the Aquabot brand and offers products under many other brands through its OEM model.
The company’s current homepage is even more direct: it says its robotic pool cleaners are manufactured by Aquatron in Israel. BWT’s own robotics company page describes the former Aquatron business as an original equipment manufacturer that designs, develops and produces robotic pool cleaners.
The concise manufacturing chain is therefore:
BWT Group → Aquatron / BWT Robotics → Aquabot robotic pool cleaners
BWT is the corporate parent. Aquatron is the company identified with the Aquabot brand, product development and manufacturing. “BWT makes Aquabot” is commercially understandable, but “BWT owns Aquatron, which makes Aquabot” is more precise.
This answer should not be extended to every item carrying BWT branding. BWT sells a wider pool and water-treatment portfolio. The evidence reviewed here applies to Aquabot and the robotic-pool-cleaner operation described by Aquatron and BWT Robotics, not every pump, filter, handheld vacuum, accessory or chemical product in the group.
Who Owns the Aquabot Brand?
Aquatron says it owns Aquabot, and an official trademark record supports that relationship.
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office’s live Aquabot registration TMA938862 lists Aquatron Robotic Technology, Ltd. as the current owner for pool-cleaning machines and robotic swimming-pool cleaners. The record also shows that the registration was transferred from Aqua Products, Inc. to Aquatron, with a change date of January 28, 2019.
One national registration is not a worldwide trademark opinion. Trademark ownership is territorial and tied to particular goods and services. A distributor preparing a license, marketplace authorization or customs file should check the current register in every relevant market.
The available evidence is nevertheless sufficient for the company map:
- Aquabot is the brand.
- Aquatron is the named brand owner and manufacturer.
- BWT Group owns Aquatron.
- A dealer or U.S. market operator does not acquire the trademark merely by selling or servicing the product.
This layered structure explains why some pages call Aquabot a BWT brand while legal records still name Aquatron. Both descriptions point to the same group, but they answer different questions. BWT describes the corporate family; Aquatron identifies the subsidiary that owns and manufactures the brand.
Who Owns Aquatron?
BWT Group owns Aquatron. The acquisition was completed in 2019.
BWT’s official company history records the 2019 acquisition of Aquatron, an Israeli manufacturer of swimming-pool robots. BWT Robotics likewise says the former Aquatron business was acquired by BWT Group that year.
The legal name used in the acquisition documents was BWT Aktiengesellschaft. BWT later converted BWT Aktiengesellschaft into BWT Holding GmbH on October 1, 2020, with the new entity serving as the group’s management holding company. This name change did not represent another sale of Aquatron.
BWT’s official page also says its shares have not traded on the Vienna Stock Exchange since October 5, 2017. Current company materials identify Andreas Weissenbacher as founder and CEO, but they do not publish a current complete ownership table. It would therefore be unsafe to describe one person as the 100% owner of BWT without a current corporate record.
For this article’s search question, the supported conclusion is narrower: BWT Group is Aquatron’s parent, and Aquatron remains the operating company tied to Aquabot ownership and manufacturing.
Did Fluidra Own Aquabot?
Fluidra is an important part of Aquabot’s history, but not its current ownership.
In February 2011, Fluidra announced that it would acquire the Aqua Products group and Aquatron. The transaction gave the Spanish pool-equipment group a larger U.S. presence and robotic-pool-cleaner technology.
The ownership changed after Fluidra merged with Zodiac. When the merger closed in 2018, Fluidra stated that it would divest Aquatron as part of the European Commission approval.
The European Commission’s January 2019 purchaser-approval decision is particularly useful because it defines Aquatron as a wholly owned Fluidra subsidiary active in developing, manufacturing and selling electric pool cleaners. It also says the divestment business included the assets and intellectual property required to manufacture those products and approved BWT as the purchaser.
Fluidra’s 2018 integrated report says the company received approval and completed the sale of 100% of Aquatron’s share capital to BWT in January 2019. A later Fluidra filing about transition arrangements again describes the sale of the entire share capital.
The accurate timeline is:
| Period | Aquatron’s corporate position |
|---|---|
| Before 2011 | Aquatron and the Aqua Products group operated outside Fluidra |
| 2011–2018 | Aquatron was part of Fluidra following the Aqua Products/Aquatron acquisition |
| 2018 | Fluidra-Zodiac merger approval required Aquatron to be divested |
| January 2019 | BWT was approved as purchaser and Fluidra completed the sale of Aquatron |
| 2019 onward | Aquatron operates within BWT Group; BWT Robotics is the group’s robotic-pool-cleaner operation |
This history creates a predictable documentation problem. Older product manuals, parts pages, trademark records, distributor systems and inventory labels may still refer to Aqua Products or Fluidra. A historical reference can be genuine while no longer identifying the current parent company.
Where Are Aquabot Pool Cleaners Made?
Aquabot pool cleaners are manufactured through Aquatron’s operations in Israel.
Aquatron’s official site identifies the company as an Israeli manufacturer and says its robotic pool cleaners are produced in Israel. Its website terms identify Aquatron Robotic Technology Ltd. and give a registered office in the Alon Tavor Industrial Zone near Afula.
BWT’s current materials add operational context. Its robotics page says a new facility was built in the Alon Tavor Industrial Zone, and the BWT Pool US sales book describes BWT Robotics as an Israeli robotic-pool-cleaner OEM with development and production capabilities.
The defensible origin statement is:
Aquabot robotic pool cleaners are manufactured by Aquatron in Israel, with Aquatron/BWT Robotics operating from the Alon Tavor area.
That statement does not establish that every component is Israeli. Motors, pumps, batteries, chargers, power supplies, cables, plastics, electronics and packaging can have separate suppliers and origins. It also does not prove that every historical and current Aquabot SKU followed the same production route.
For a specific product, use the evidence hierarchy below:
| Question | Best evidence |
|---|---|
| Who owns the brand? | Current trademark and company records |
| Who is the legal manufacturer? | Product label, manual, declaration or regulatory filing |
| Where was this SKU assembled? | Factory code, supplier declaration, audit and batch traceability |
| What origin was declared? | Unit and carton labels, customs entry and certificate of origin |
| Who placed it on the market? | Importer, responsible-person and economic-operator records |
| Who must support it? | Invoice, authorized-channel record, warranty terms and service agreement |
Importers should verify the complete machine and the battery or power system separately. Cordless robots add lithium-battery transport, charger certification, storage and replacement obligations that may not be visible in a general “made in Israel” answer.
Is Aquatron an OEM Manufacturer?
Yes. Both Aquatron and BWT Robotics describe the business as an OEM.
Aquatron says it offers hundreds of models under different brands and can provide product differentiation alongside its own Aquabot brand. BWT Robotics says an OEM plays a central role in designing, developing and producing the robotic cleaners used by residential, service and commercial customers.
This operating model separates three possible roles:
- Own-brand manufacturing: Aquatron manufactures products carrying Aquabot.
- Group-brand manufacturing: Aquatron/BWT Robotics manufactures products sold under BWT pool-cleaner lines.
- Third-party branded production: A customer markets a product under another brand while Aquatron supplies the robotic platform or finished cleaner.
A historical filing shows how the third structure can work. iRobot’s 2018 Form 10-K said its Mirra pool-cleaning robot was brought to market under the iRobot brand through a relationship with Aquatron, which developed and manufactured the cleaner.
That filing is historical evidence, not proof of a current iRobot-Aquatron program. It demonstrates why brand identity and manufacturing identity should be checked separately. It does not authorize a current buyer to assume that any visually similar pool robot is an Aquatron product.
An OEM customer should obtain written evidence covering:
- trademark and artwork authorization;
- exclusive or non-exclusive territory and channel rights;
- product platform ownership and tooling rights;
- software, app, cloud and firmware responsibilities;
- certification holder and change-control procedures;
- factory and component traceability;
- spare parts, field failures and warranty reimbursement;
- minimum orders, forecasts and obsolete inventory;
- transition rights if the relationship ends.
The word “OEM” describes a manufacturing model. It does not disclose every customer, give a distributor private-label rights or prove that two brands use identical hardware.
Are Aquabot and BWT Pool Cleaners the Same?
They belong to the same corporate manufacturing system, but they should not be treated as automatically identical products.
BWT currently lists Aquabot and Aquabot Pro in its residential robotic-pool-cleaner range. The U.S. store also offers BWT-branded residential models and Aquabot-branded commercial cleaners such as Nova and Magnum.
Common group ownership can create shared engineering, factories, components, software or service resources. It does not prove that two model names have the same motor, filtration, battery, navigation, firmware, included accessories or warranty.
Before cross-referencing a BWT and Aquabot model, compare:
- complete model and part numbers;
- serial-number structure and production date;
- dimensions, motor count and filter system;
- corded or cordless architecture;
- battery chemistry, charger and transport documents;
- app and firmware compatibility;
- parts diagrams and service bulletins;
- certification numbers and destination market;
- warranty duration, exclusions and claim provider.
This is particularly important for replacement parts. A shared corporate group and similar outer shell do not establish that power supplies, cables, filters, tracks, brushes or control boards are interchangeable.
Who Sells and Services Aquabot in the United States?
The current official U.S. pages identify Steward Group LLC as an important market and service interface.
Aquatron’s website lists Steward Group LLC DBA Aquabot at 7912 Industrial Village Road in Greensboro, North Carolina. It directs service and repair requests to authorized service centers and provides a U.S. market contact.
BWT’s current U.S. legal notice names Steward Group, LLC dba BWT Pool Products US as the entity responsible for the webshop and product information. The same legal company can therefore appear under different assumed business names for Aquabot and BWT Pool Products US.
That does not make Steward Group the Israeli manufacturer or the global Aquabot trademark owner. Nor does it prove that Steward Group is the contract seller for a product purchased from an independent retailer.
The transaction should be separated into the following records:
| Responsibility | Record to check |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Product label, manual and compliance declaration |
| U.S. website or market operator | Legal notice and site terms |
| Contract seller | Order confirmation and invoice |
| Importer of record | Customs and shipping documents |
| Authorized dealer | Current manufacturer or distributor authorization |
| Warranty administrator | Model-specific warranty and claim instructions |
| Repair provider | Authorized service-center listing and work order |
BWT’s current U.S. warranty page provides a claim process for residential and commercial pool cleaners. Aquatron also provides Aquabot product registration and authorized service-center routes. Coverage still depends on the model, purchase date, seller, proof of purchase, territory and intended use.
Commercial buyers should obtain written answers for freight, diagnostic labor, replacement units, parts reimbursement, turnaround time and service after the warranty expires. A consumer registration page is not a substitute for a distributor warranty agreement.
Why the Structure Matters to Distributors and Importers
Aquabot illustrates a company structure that appears simple at brand level and becomes more complex at transaction level.
| Procurement issue | Entity or evidence to verify |
|---|---|
| Corporate parent | BWT Group / BWT Holding GmbH |
| Brand and trademark authority | Aquatron plus destination-market trademark records |
| Product design and manufacturing | Aquatron / BWT Robotics and exact-model documents |
| OEM or private-label rights | Signed manufacturing and trademark agreement |
| Factory and origin | Label, supplier declaration, audit and customs records |
| Market access | Certification holder, importer and responsible person |
| Payment and delivery | Legal seller on quotation, purchase order and invoice |
| U.S. website operations | Steward Group LLC under the relevant DBA |
| Warranty and service | Model terms, authorized center and reimbursement agreement |
| Parts continuity | Parts list, serial range, service software and inventory commitment |
The history adds another risk. A genuine older Aquabot can carry documentation from the Fluidra or Aqua Products period. That does not make it counterfeit, but the parts and warranty route may differ from a current BWT-era model. Product age, serial number and documentation matter more than a simplified parent-company answer.
World Clean Biz has mapped a different integrated structure in Who Makes Dolphin Pool Cleaners?. The Polaris, Fluidra and Zodiac relationship shows the group that retained a major automatic-cleaner portfolio after Aquatron’s divestiture. Aiper and Fluidra illustrates another model again: a strategic equity and joint-control relationship rather than the purchase of an entire manufacturer.
Aquabot Supplier and Product Verification Checklist
Before approving an Aquabot model, distributor or OEM proposal, verify:
- Brand identity: Is the product documented as an Aquatron-manufactured Aquabot?
- Trademark authority: Does the supplier have written rights for the destination and sales channel?
- Exact SKU: Do the quotation, label, carton, manual and invoice show the same model and part number?
- Legal manufacturer: Which company appears on the product and compliance documents?
- Factory and batch: Which facility assembled the unit, and can the supplier trace its serial range?
- Country of origin: What origin appears on the product, customs record and certificate?
- Battery and charger: Are transport tests, electrical approvals and replacement arrangements complete?
- Contract seller: Which legal entity accepts the order, payment, returns and product claims?
- Importer: Who holds local customs, labeling, recall and regulatory responsibility?
- Authorization: Is the dealer or distributor approved for the territory, website and customer type?
- Warranty: Who accepts the claim, pays freight and labor, and supplies replacements or parts?
- Software and service: Which app, firmware, diagnostic tools and service centers support the model?
- Legacy status: Is the unit from the Aqua Products/Fluidra era or the current BWT era?
- Parts continuity: Are filters, brushes, tracks, cables, power supplies, batteries and control boards available for the expected service life?
Buyers considering a private-label alternative can use World Clean Biz’s robotic pool-cleaner manufacturer guide. An Aquabot distribution agreement and an OEM sourcing project require different rights, evidence and after-sales systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who manufactures Aquabot pool cleaners?
Aquatron Robotic Technology Ltd. manufactures Aquabot robotic pool cleaners through its Israeli operations. Aquatron is part of BWT Group.
Who owns Aquabot?
Aquatron says it owns the Aquabot brand, and a current Canadian trademark registration lists Aquatron as owner. BWT Group owns Aquatron, so Aquabot sits within BWT through that subsidiary.
Is Aquabot owned by BWT?
Yes, at the group level. BWT acquired all of Aquatron in 2019. The more precise legal description is that BWT owns Aquatron, while Aquatron is the named Aquabot brand owner and manufacturer.
Is Aquabot owned by Fluidra?
No. Fluidra acquired Aquatron in 2011 but sold the entire company to BWT in January 2019 after the Fluidra-Zodiac merger required Aquatron to be divested.
Where are Aquabot pool cleaners made?
Aquatron says its robotic pool cleaners are manufactured in Israel. Current official materials connect Aquatron/BWT Robotics with the Alon Tavor Industrial Zone. Verify the label and origin records for the exact SKU and batch.
Is Aquatron the same company as Aqua Products?
No. They appeared together in Fluidra’s 2011 acquisition and in historical Aquabot records, but they are separate company names. Aquatron is the current Israeli manufacturer and named Aquabot brand owner.
Does Aquatron make private-label pool cleaners?
Aquatron and BWT Robotics describe the company as an OEM that develops and produces robotic cleaners under multiple brands. A current OEM customer should be named only when official evidence or a contract confirms the relationship.
Did Aquatron make an iRobot pool cleaner?
iRobot’s 2018 annual filing said Aquatron developed and manufactured the Mirra pool-cleaning robot sold under the iRobot brand. That is historical evidence and should not be treated as proof of a current iRobot program.
Are BWT and Aquabot pool cleaners identical?
Do not assume so. They belong to the same group manufacturing system, but specifications, parts, software, accessories and warranty can differ by model. Compare exact part numbers and documentation.
Who handles Aquabot warranty service in the United States?
Current Aquabot pages identify Steward Group LLC DBA Aquabot and direct repairs to authorized service centers. BWT’s U.S. site also uses Steward Group LLC under the BWT Pool Products US name. The exact seller, model warranty and purchase documentation still control the claim.
The Bottom Line
Aquatron Robotic Technology Ltd. makes Aquabot pool cleaners in Israel and identifies itself as the owner of the Aquabot brand. BWT Group acquired Aquatron in 2019 and is the current parent group. Fluidra’s ownership ended with that divestiture.
For procurement, keep those roles separate. BWT is the group, Aquatron is the manufacturer and named brand owner, Steward Group is a current U.S. market interface, and the invoice seller or importer may be another company. The exact model, serial number, label, origin record, authorization and warranty file determine who must deliver and support the machine.
