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Upscale bottled water brand chooses scribing lasers

Nestlé Group's Carola Natural Spring Water brand benefits from the increased performance, flexibility, and high-quality coding of new scribing lasers.

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Situated in Alsace in Eastern France, bordering Germany and Switzerland, is the picturesque region of Ribeauvillé, home to the famous Carola brand of natural mineral water, which is now part of the Nestlé Group. Founded in 1888 by Dr. Staub, who named the spring in honor of his sweetheart, Caroline, the Carola range, which includes slightly sparkling and sparkling natural and flavored spring water, has established an enviable reputation among restaurateurs and gourmets for the quality of its product and is today distributed to more than 25 regions in the East of France.

The water from the spring, located 150 m underground, is piped into buffer storage tanks before being bottled in glass bottles, thus controlling consumption and protecting the source. The company then produces more than 60 million bottles per year—24,000 bottles/hr at peak output—in 1-L and 500-mL formats.

As a company of the Nestlé Group, Carola is renowned as much for its distinctive identity and quality of its water, as it is for its environmental policy and high safety standards.

José Lefort, operations manager at the Ribeauvillé facility, explains, "In 2011 our plant was rewarded within the Nestlé group for its commitment to reducing the environmental impact of its processes. More than 98 percent of our waste is recycled through the resale of caps, glass, and plastic. In 2011 we reduced our energy and water consumption by 20 percent. That's a record!"

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