Eden Springs

EDEN SPRINGS International S.A.
Industry Business Services, beverages
Founded 1982
Headquarters Headquartered in Switzerland
Key people
 Raanan Zilberman CEO, Itamar Eder CFO, Shirley Cohen VP Operations, Pierre Torbey VP Sales & Marketing, Olivier Plouvin VP Human Resources
Products Bottled water coolers, Plumbed-in water coolers, PET bottles, Office coffee service
Number of employees
 3000

Eden Springs International is a provider of water and coffee solutions to workplaces for their employees and customers. The company is headquartered in Switzerland and has operations in 18 countries. Eden's water product offerings include stand-alone bottle-fed water coolers, point-of-use plumbed-in water coolers and small pack bottles. Eden's office coffee solutions include coffee machines, coffee, tea and other beverage accessories. Eden provided service to over 600,000 companies in 18 countries and delivered over 800 million liters of water in 2015.[1] Eden Springs has a large customer base in Europe and in 2014 bought some water cooler business from Nestlé Waters Direct.[2] Some accuse the company of abusing occupied territories in Israel by using the Salukia spring and a bottling plant in Katzrin, both in the disputed Golan Heights.[3]

History

Eden Springs International S.A., was launched providing water cooler operations in Poland in 1997. The Swiss market followed in 1999, and became the location of the company’s European headquarters. It now also provides coffee machines.[4]

In 2007, Eden Springs bought out the Danone share and brought in private equity investment.[5]

In 2009, Eden's UK website won the International Web Marketing Association's best business to business website award.[6] It secured a EUR 150 million credit facility with a consortium of European banks headed by Rabobank and Royal Bank of Scotland in November 2011.[7] It has also acquired 60 companies in Europe.[8]

Since 2007 Eden has been working to minimize its carbon footprint, offsetting its carbon emissions in the majority of its European markets via Carbon Neutral Certification.[9] The company worked with Swiss experts Quantis International to analyse the entire life cycle of the business.[10]

In 2011 the company received first prize in the Aqua Awards 2011 for Best Environmental Practice.[11]

Also in 2011, the company launched a partnership with People help People - One World[12] to supply clean drinking water systems in Africa.[13]

In 2013 Eden Springs acquired the UK coffee vending supplier, Kafevend.[14]

Eden Springs International operates in 18 countries including Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, France (under the name Château d'eau), Israel (under the name Mey Eden), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,Portugal,Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

In September 2014, Eden Springs announced the acquisition of five water cooler businesses from Nestlé Waters Direct, a division of Nestlé Waters. The deal involves the acquisition of NWD’s water cooler activities in five European countries. Already servicing offices with water and/or coffee across 15 countries, this acquisition provides new markets in Germany, Russia and Portugal, and enhanced positions in Poland and the Netherlands. The NWD acquisition will increase Eden’s installed client base from over 650,000 to approximately one million. [15]

20 April 2016, bottles of the Font d'Arinsal brand caused 3166 people in Spain to become sick with the norovirus gastroenteritis. The distribution company Eden Springs Spain preemptively last week withdrew more than 6000 bottles.[16] By April 25 more than 4000 people have been infected.[17]

Products

Water

Eden Springs' water solutions include bottled water coolers, plumbed-in filter systems, PET and sports bottles. In 2013 the company delivered 500 million liters of water to offices and homes. It also launched the SMILE Eco water cooler, a new model that uses 30% less energy than traditional coolers. [18]

Coffee

Eden offers a variety of coffee blends, brands and machines along with its office water solutions. Eden partners with well-known brands including Lavazza, Mars, Robert Paulig and Douwe Egberts [19]

In 2012, Eden launched its own quality coffee brand, Edenissimo, which is available in coffee capsules and fresh coffee beans formats.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Eden Springs media kit 2014" (PDF). 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  2. ↑ "Eden Springs announces acquisition from Nestlé Waters Direct". 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  3. ↑ "Eden Springs Factsheet 271109" (PDF). 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  4. ↑ "Eden Springs now offering coffee". 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  5. ↑ "Eden Springs' Raanan Zilberman on cracking the home market". FoodBev.com. 2012-03-22.
  6. ↑ "Eden Springs UK website wins top international award". Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  7. ↑ Euroweek.com.
  8. ↑ http://www.acquisition-intl.com/online-editons/2011/dec/
  9. ↑ Eden Springs case study
  10. ↑ Eden Springs UK goes carbon neutral
  11. ↑ Watercoolerseurope.eu.
  12. ↑ People help People - one world.
  13. ↑ Optimistworld.com.
  14. ↑ Eden Springs UK acquires Kafevend
  15. ↑ Eden Springs announces acquisition
  16. ↑ "Outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis in Spain". 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  17. ↑ "Bottled water infects over 4,000 people in Spain with norovirus". 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  18. ↑ Eden Springs launches Smile eco-friendly
  19. ↑ "Big can be beautiful". Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  20. ↑ Edenissimo coffee from Eden Springs
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