Odessa Trade Fair Aqua Awards winners 2011: Thank you for your work

October 6, 2011

Odessa Trade Fair was the frame where the best practices at Watercooler Industry were awarded.  The winners shared their satisfaction for being chosen at a gala ceremony at Victory Gardens Concert Hall, and Watercoolers Europe was there to talk with them.

Eden Springs was awarded with three prizes: The Best Initiative for Customer Retention, The Best Environmental Practice and The Best Product Design /Innovation (Best Other Product of The Year). Yariv Shapira, from Eden, was the responsible for picking up the awards. Shapira told us that the company was pleased to receive such an important prize that recognizes their efforts to care about the environment: “Environment is a very important issue in the world” he said and, in that way, he stressed some of Eden Springs initiatives “to be a more green company”, such as using electrical cars in some cities to serve their customers or “investing on a selected number of projects in Africa or other countries to offset carbon footprints”. Besides, Shapira highlighted how proud his company was for winning the first prize in customer retention, with the following words: “We are very proud to have very senior customers staying with us for 12 or 15 years.”

Luc Desbrun, Technical Director of Nestlé Waters, awarded with the first place for The Best Promotion of Health and Hydration, spoke about his company programme focused in colleges and schools for “the education of future generations to preserve water resources and promote healthy hydration.” Desbrun told us that in Europe ten thousand children were included in their programmes of health and hydration education and they are willing to continue doing efforts to grow in this direction.

Craig Scott, who was representing Polymer Solutions International, from US, was the most satisfied person at the gala: “It’s our first award ever”, he said when asked about how it felt winning an important award like The Best Product Design / Innovation. And Scott continued talking, full of pride, “Our company has spent twenty years perfecting our designs”. “We are going to save plastic, make it cheaper for our customers and make it stronger”. Their products, he stressed, contribute caring for the environment, due to the fact that “the products that we use can be recycled into the next product”. With no doubt, he is an enthusiastic executive.

The Aqua Awards was a gala full of satisfaction and a place where the assistants and awardees could share not only their knowledge but the joy of participating in the Watercooler Industry progress.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!!!

BEST INITIATIVE FOR CUSTOMER RETENTION

FIRST PLACE: Mey Eden, Israel
SECOND PLACE: Aqua Triumpf, Russia

BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE

FIRST PLACE: Eden Springs (Europe) SA, Switzerland
SECOND PLACE: BLUPURA SrL, Italy
THIRD PLACE: Waterservice Powerdown Timer, Hungary

BEST WEBSITE

FIRST PLACE: IDS Aqua Service, Ukraine
SECOND PLACE: BLUPURA SrL, Italy
THIRD PLACE: Nestlé Waters Direct Europe, Poland

BEST PRODUCT DESIGN / INNOVATION
BOTTLED WATER COOLER OF THE YEAR

FIRST PLACE: Crystal Mountain, UK
SECOND PLACE: Global Cooler, France

BEST PRODUCT DESIGN / INNOVATION
POINT OF USE COOLER OF THE YEAR

FIRST PLACE: BLUPURA SrL, Italy
SECOND PLACE: OASIS Europe, Poland

BEST PRODUCT DESIGN / INNOVATION
BEST OTHER PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

FIRST PLACE: Polymer Solutions International, USA
SECOND PLACE: Nestlé Waters Direct Europe, Poland

BEST PROMOTION OF HEALTH & HYDRATION

FIRST PLACE: Nestlé Waters Direct Europe, Poland
SECOND PLACE: Nestlé Waters Direct Portugal S.A., Portugal
THIRD PLACE: Clear Water Company, Russia