Icelandic Glacial Water

Icelandic Glacial

Spring Water - Still

Icelandic Glacial   The source of this water is the legendary Ölfus Spring, formed during a massive volcanic eruption over 4,500 years ago and shielded from the elements by an impenetrable barrier of lava rock since then. The water is piped directly into the bottling plant from the spring via a dedicated stainless steel pipeline.

The local government has applied a 128,000 acre exclusion zone above the spring, and no farming, animals or buildings are permitted in the surrounding area.

Icelandic Glacial continue to receive design awards for its innovative packaging, including “Best Overall Concept” award — among other top honors — at the 2005 Bottled Water World Design Awards in Dubai. They also captured the silver medal in the People’s Choice Award for Best Packaging Design at the 2006 Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting competition held in Berkeley Springs, W.V., where more than 100 sparkling, bottled and municipal waters competed in the largest and longest running water tasting in the world.

The filling process takes place in a clean room environment equivalent to laboratory conditions. This ensures that the water has never been exposed to outside air until an appreciative consumer removes the cap.
The source and the company premises are regularly inspected by the Icelandic Public Health Authority, who carry out stringent tests to ensure the plant is operating in compliance with World Health Organization standards.

As part of their quality assurance program, Icelandic Glacial also carries out internal laboratory tests on a daily basis. NSF International carries out a full analysis of their water annually, and in 2005 they received an unprecedented 100 percent pass.

Iceland... The land of fire and ice and natural beauty

Iceland - A country where you can marvel at such wonders of Mother Nature as icecaps and glaciers, spouting geysers, volcanoes, raging rivers and a multitude of wildlife that inhabit one of the cleanest environments on the planet.

...But for those of you who are not familiar with the Iceland experience, here are a few facts to wet your appetite about the home of Icelandic Glacial.

- Iceland is a mid-Atlantic island of almost 40,000 square miles (similar in size to New York state) but is inhabited by a population of only 300,000 people

- 85% of Iceland is uninhabited leaving a country with vast tracts of untouched idyllic landscape

- Iceland is home to Europe’s largest glacier, Vatnajökull, measuring 5,219 miles which is larger than all of the other glaciers in Europe combined - Some 11% of the country is covered by glacier and 30% in lava fields.

- The OECD recently stated that Icelandic women have the highest life expectancy in the world, whilst Icelandic men and women combined, share equal first with Japan. Local folklore has it that this is partly due to the quality of Iceland’s water.

Links to Icelandic sites of interest and friends of Icelandic Glacial:
To find out more, click on the links below and discover Iceland for yourself...

www.icelandic.org
www.icelandictouristboard.com
www.icelandair.com

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Anheuser-Busch to distribute Icelandic Glacial water in the U.S

ST. LOUIS: The leading U.S. beer-maker is dipping into water.

Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. announced Wednesday that it will distribute Icelandic Glacial spring water in the U.S., effective immediately. And as part of the agreement with Icelandic Water Holdings, Anheuser-Busch bought a 20-percent equity interest in the Thorlakshofn, Iceland-based company.

Terms were not disclosed. Anheuser-Busch shares rose 11 cents , or 0.2 percent, to $50.43 in early trading.

The deal marks the first time St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch has ventured into bottled water. The company cited statistics from the International Bottled Water Association and Beverage Marketing Corp. showing that bottled water volume increased 9.5 percent in 2006, with sales exceeding $10.8 billion (€7.8 billion) in the U.S.

Icelandic Glacial is considered a "super-premium" bottled water, a segment Anheuser-Busch said is small but profitable and rapidly growing.

Anheuser-Busch President and Chief Executive Officer August Busch IV noted that Icelandic Glacial should have a competitive advantage because it is imported from Iceland, "one of the cleanest, most natural environments in the world."

"Our business landscape is changing, and we are looking for opportunities outside the alcohol beverage category to fuel additional growth for our company and our wholesalers," Busch said in a statement.

"We believe Icelandic Glacial natural spring water has tremendous potential in the United States when combined with the strength of our distribution network."

Icelandic Glacial comes from the Olfus Spring in southwest Iceland. Water is piped directly from the spring and packaged at a bottling facility in Thorlakshofn.

Icelandic Water Holdings Executive Chairman Jon Olafsson noted that the water comes from an area "thousands of miles from major sources of pollution. This has become a highly coveted resource, and Anheuser-Busch can now pave the way for broad consumer access."

Icelandic Water Holdings was formed in 2004 and the water has been available in limited U.S. markets since November 2005. It is also available in Canada, Iceland and selected markets in Europe.

Anheuser-Busch, maker of the top-selling full-calorie beer and light beer, Budweiser and Bud Light, said it will begin distribution immediately in select markets, including California, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Distribution will expand nationwide in 2008.

Icelandic Glacial plans a new 70,000-square-foot (6,500 sq. meter) bottling facility in Hlidarendi, Iceland, to meet the need generated by the expanded distribution.

Icelandic Water Holdings will continue to oversee sales and marketing.