Vöslauer Mineralwasser GmbH is an Austrian

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company located in

Bad Vöslau Bad Vöslau (; Central Bavarian: ''Bod Vöslau'') is a spa town and Municipality (Austria), municipality in the state of Lower Austria. It is also known as the cradle of the Austrian red wine cultivation. The population, as of 2022, is 12,424. G ...

and is a subsidiary of

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brewing company. Vöslauer is also responsible for bottling of

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, a popular Austrian soft drink. Up until the end of 2021, they also bottled and marketed drinks by

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History

The company was founded in 1936 by the

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as ''Vöslauer Heilquellenverwertungsgesellschaft'' (Healing source company). The water for the thermal spa Bad Vöslau comes from the same source. On January 1, 2010 the company was made a subsidiary of

brewing company. In 2018 the company had a revenue of 102.96 million Euro. While maintaining an export quota of 18%, the revenue rose to 106 million Euro in 2019. Since beginning of 2020, all PET bottles used are being made of 100% recycled material. In 2019 a record amount of about 1.1 billion PET bottles were recycled.

Water source

The 660-meter-deep water source is an

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. The source was known to the Romans and was used as a healing spring as early as 50 A.D. In the middle ages, in written documents from 1136, it was referenced as ''Feselover source''. The healing properties were certified by analysis in 1822 and the thermal spa was opened.

References

External links

{{Commons category, Vöslauer
website of Vöslauer Mineralwasser AG
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