News - Medentech celebrates 25 years

 

21st March 2009

 

Medentech celebrates 25 years in business by donating 25 million litres of Aquatabs water purification tablets to UNICEF.

 

“We are delighted to donate Aquatabs water purification tablets to UNICEF to help improve access to safe drinking water to those most in need around the world” says Dr. Oran McGrath Managing Director, Medentech. He says that over 1.1 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and that Medentech is committed to reducing this figure in line with the WHO millennium goal by the year 2015.

 

Medentech commenced operations in March 1984 and rapidly became the world’s leading supplier of water purification tablets with its brand Aquatabs.

 

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Medentech is committed to reducing infection and improving access to safe drinking water by developing, manufacturing and marketing cost effective disinfection solutions. Aquatabs is the global leading brand of rapid dissolving water purification tablets. Medentech was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Wexford, Ireland (Reg. No. 98037) with distribution agents in over 60 countries worldwide. For more information visit www.medentech.com.

Aquatabs is a trademark of Medentech