Spa scoops European Mineral Water prize

The prize is the result of a comparative scientific study carried out by Ceram’s Scientific Committee and is based on four criteria:

• The intrinsic characteristics of the product
• The company’s policy relating to the protection of natural resources
• Research and development
• >The marketing of the product.

Cream Director, Professor Massimiliano Imperato, said: “I’m pleased to award this first prize to a Belgian mineral water that has been outstanding in the history of natural mineral waters and that, still today, is well-known for its original purity and consistent quality. The quality of the water has made the name of Spa famous throughout the whole world.”

Spadel’s main water brands are: Spa, Bru, Wattwiller and Brecon Carreg. Spa is marketed under three brands: Spa Reine (still), Spa Barisart (sparkling) and Spa Marie-Henriette (lightly sparkling).

In 2007, the Group posted a turnover of €254.8m and it employs 770 people, 660 of them in Belgium. Spadel owns four production units, two of which are in Belgium (Spa Monopole and Bru-Chevron), one in France (Les Grandes Sources de Wattwiller) and one in Wales (Brecon).