Mattoni 1873 (known as Karlovarské minerální vody until 2019) is a Czech beverage company that bottles and distributes the Mattoni brand of mineral water as well as other beverages. Its headquarters are in the city of Karlovy Vary. The company has operations and markets its products in a number of European countries, including Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.[2][3] It is the largest producer of soft drinks in Central Europe.[4]
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| Company type | Joint-stock company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Drink industry |
| Founded | 1873 in Kyselka |
| Founder | Heinrich Mattoni |
| Headquarters | , Czech Republic |
Area served | Central Europe |
Key people | Alessandro Pasquale |
| Products | Beverages |
| Revenue | 3,626,624,000 Czech koruna (2018)  |
| 355,089,000 Czech koruna (2018) | |
| 441,977,000 Czech koruna (2018) | |
| Total assets | 6,446,356,000 Czech koruna (2018) |
| Owner | Pasquale family |
Number of employees | 468[1] (2018) |
| Parent | Trentop Investments |
| Website | mattoni1873 |
History
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In 1867, Heinrich Mattoni (1830–1910), an Italian-Czech native of Karlovy Vary, began bottling mineral water abundant to the region and selling it.[5] In 1873, he took over mineral water production at the small spa town of Kyselka, in the Karlovy Vary Region of Bohemia.[6][7] Mattoni expanded the operation by building a modern bottling plant and establishing distribution infrastructure to supply his product to spa guests in Kyselka and throughout the region.[5] In the 1880s, the Mattoni brand ranked among the best known in Europe. In 1910, they exported ten million bottles to other countries.[5]
Since 1994, the company belongs to the Italian business family Pasquale.[8]
Brands
editBy 2023, the company sold 56 brands of drinks and snacks, including its flagship Mattoni brand of mineral and flavoured waters, as well as the brands Aquila, Magnesia, Poděbradka, Dobrá voda, and Hanácká kyselka. The company's portfolio also includes the Hungarian Szentkirályi and Theodora mineral waters,[9] the Austrian Waldquelle,[3] and the Serbian Knjaz Miloš.[10]
Since 2018, Mattoni holds an exclusive license to produce and distribute PepsiCo beverages in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Austria, Serbia, and Montenegro.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Sbírka listin" [Collection of documents]. or.justice.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Výrobce mattonky bude stáčet ve Švýcarsku" [Maker of Mattoni will bottle in Switzerland]. idnes.cz (in Czech). 24 June 2002. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Karlovarské minerální vody kupují maďarskou jedničku na trhu" [Karlovy Vary mineral waters buy the Hungarian number one on the market]. e15.cz (in Czech). 13 March 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Mattoni dál expanduje na Balkáně. Stala se distributorem nápojů Pepsi pro Srbsko a Černou horu" [Mattoni continues to expand in the Balkans. It became the distributor of Pepsi beverages for Serbia and Montenegro]. forbes.cz (in Czech). 31 October 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "Minerálka je dnes běžnou součástí života" [Mineral water is a common part of life today]. Plzeňský Deník (in Czech). 21 June 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Vilemínino odpočívadlo, Obec Kyselka". Mattonihostezka.cz. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Mattoni: Vášeň pro život i produktový design". Insidecor.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Mattoni 1873: Tradice, rodinné hodnoty a udržitelné podnikání" [Mattoni 1873: Tradition, family values, and sustainable business]. ceskenoviny.cz (in Czech). 13 November 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Karlovarské minerální vody ovládly maďarskou značku Szentkirályi" [Karlovy Vary mineral waters dominated the Hungarian brand Szentkirályi]. e15.cz (in Czech). 29 April 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Mattoni a PepsiCo koupily Knjaz Miloš, největšího srbského výrobce minerálek" [Mattoni and PepsiCo bought Knjaz Miloš, Serbia's largest mineral water producer]. novinky.cz (in Czech). 20 August 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Karlovarské minerální vody koupí středoevropské pobočky PepsiCo" [Karlovarské minerální vody buys the Central European branches of PepsiCo]. idnes.cz (in Czech). 22 January 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
External links
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- Official website
- Mattoni brand official website