www.aqueduct-h2o.com Bag in Box

Harrogate Spring Water get high rating from Fine Water

2012-01-27T16:19:00.002Z

Harrogate spring water earned a high rating from Fine Waters - A connoisseur's guide to the world's most distrinctive Bottled Waters

Smurfit Kappa Most Sustainable Packaging

2012-01-11T09:14:00.002Z

Auto Vending Article 4th Nov

2011-11-08T15:11:00.004Z

New BIB concept brings more profit to water operators
Aqueduct Investments International has announced the introduction of its Bag in Box water cooler system, which it says offers vending operators a ‘leaner, greener, cleaner’ alternative to a traditional bottled water offering with greater profit potential.

According to Aqueduct, water can be a problem for traditional vending operators; viewed as a competing beverage system with the only options being low margin POU units with ongoing service/sanitisation requirements, or five gallon bottle coolers with their inherent logistical problems.

The Bag in Box system promises to open up new revenue streams for operators, enabling them to rent the coolers, sell the water and the cups without the need for any specialist staff or sanitising regimes. The box slides into the dispenser and a range of counter-top and free standing models are available. The Bag in Box concept can also be offered with fruit juice and enhanced water, ie water with a hint of fruit juice, and locally sourced water may be specified.

For more information or a copy of the Auto Vending Article please contact michelle.reynolds@aqueduct-h2o.com who will be happy to send you a copy.

Aqueduct announces expansion of HORECA market offering

2011-10-18T10:09:00.003+01:00

Aqueduct announces expansion of HORECA market offering with a range of bag in Box "enhanced" waters and pure fruit juices....ideal for all catering and canteen applications ... neat, zero waste and zero messy tubes to clean..

For more information contact the team at sales@aqueduct-h2o.com

Did you know this?

2011-10-13T14:06:00.001+01:00

Drinking water at the correct time maximizes its effectiveness on the Human body :

2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs
1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion
1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure
1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack

Another Sustainability First for Smurfit Kappa UK

2011-08-10T08:57:00.004+01:00

Bag In Box In Hospitals - Cooler Innovation Issue 32

2011-06-01T15:13:00.002+01:00

A case for bag in box coolers in critical care areas
With water cooler hygiene coming increasingly under the spotlight, and published hospital and school guidelines for placement of water coolers now limiting their free placement in critical care areas, it is clear that the industry has an issue to deal with - Aqueduct Managing Director Kieran McKenna asks: "Are our coolers clean enough?"

For more information on this article please contact the sales and we will be happy to send you a copy.
sales@aqueduct-h2o.com
Tel: + 353 1 220 0016
Tel: + 44 203 384 7558

WQA - AQUATECH

2011-03-02T17:45:00.003Z

Kieran will be attending the WQA Aquatech Show from 8th - 10th March 2011

To arrange an appointment to meet with Kieran email michelle.reynolds@aqueduct-h2o.com

BWCA Industry Conference

2011-02-22T09:49:00.002Z

Kieran McKenna, Managing Director of Aqueduct will be attending the BWCA Industry Conference and Gala Dinner.

BWCA Conference & Gala Dinner
Venue: Crewe Hall
Date: 31st March 2011

To arrange a meeting with Kieran during this time please contact michelle.reynolds@aqueduct-h2o.com or Tel + 353 1 220 0016.

Avex 2011

2011-02-21T12:07:00.002Z

Come Visit us at Avex 2011

Stand A34

NEC Birmingham

15th - 16th June 2011

Cooler Innovation Issue 30 Dec 2010 - Jan 2011

2011-01-21T10:05:00.002Z

DIRECT COMPETITION - James Anderton discusses the industry as President of the EDWCA and as Managing Director of Blue Direct

We would be pleased to send you a copy of this article - contact sales@aqueduct-h2o.com or tel: + 353 1 220 0016

Seasons Greetings

2010-12-21T10:38:00.006Z

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas

And a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

From all the team at Aqueduct

Office closures for the Christmas Season:

From 1pm Thursday 23^rd December

Re-opening at 9am on Tuesday 4^th January 2011

Uwaga dystrybutorzy urządzeń!

2010-11-30T14:53:00.002Z

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF BIB

2010-11-26T12:01:00.006Z

The 10 Environmental benefits of Bag in Box

Kieran Mckenna, MD of Aqueduct – Purity by Design” water coolers on the TEN Environmental advantages of Bag in Box water.

How has Environmental issues affected the “Bag in Box” (BIB) and Home Office Delivered (HOD) bottle business?…….These is no doubt that environmental pressures are now hitting the water industry and having a hugely negative impact on the bulk HOD market as a spin off from the poor image of the small PET Bottle. Unfortunately all water is getting tarred with the same brush. Paradoxically the 5 gallon HOD business is very good at recycling its PET plastic and most companies have a high rate of bottle recycling…. With bottles being used up to 50 times before being retired. So there is no question that on this score the 5 gallon HOD model is environmentally friendly.

My issue is more with the logistics efficiency – or lack of it – involved with the returnable 5 Gallon bottle.

My reasons are as follows….

FIRSTLY a typical 5 Gallon water plant can only cover a geographic radius of about 150 miles….above this the distance and cost of the empty bottle return journey becomes prohibitive. A decade ago we had never heard of food miles or water miles….but now it is common parlance. Hence the return of a truck with empty bottles is effectively increasing your “road miles” by 50%.

Now some have said to me that a truck always has to return empty to refill – so it makes no difference! I on the other hand looked at a country with a large Geographic land mass (we took the East Coast of the USA as an example – but equally relevant to many European Countries). We nominally placed a BIB water plant in Pittsburgh and then we placed sub distribution warehouses in numerous US Cities from Chicago, New York, Boston etc ….down to the Carolinas and up to the Canadian border. We then estimated the growth of water demand if we put out 4000 coolers in each city and plotted the water requirement over the course of a number of years. We then got DHL / UPS and others to quote for shipments of water – on a one way delivery (and the truck went on to pick up Beds for all we cared!). We were over 5 years out and we had still not come to the point of building a second water plant!! No trucks returned empty.

This is the key advantage of Bag in Box – very efficient logistics. We have a greater geographic reach from one plant.

This brings me to our SECOND key advantage ….we have a smaller more efficient plant (our goods inwards is a fraction of the size of a bottle cooler plant – as 2500 bags are in one box and the boxes are flat packed on a few pallets) and our goods outwards are at least 33% more efficient. One BIB plant could cover an area that would require 4-5 times as many bottle plants. The bigger the country and more difficult the logistics the more BIB comes to the fore.

Our THIRD advantage is that our delivery vans can be smaller and more compact as we can store and move just under one ton on a single pallet. Clearly the limiting factor in movement of water is the maximum weight on the roads (26 Tons in Europe and 18 tons in the USA) but the real advantage is in shrinking the length and height of the truck – having a smaller wheel base that can take the weight. The end result is a leaner and greener fleet . But the real advantage here is not the Green issue but the fact that smaller trucks are easier to park – so fewer clamping fines, fewer parking tickets and more efficient deliveries…. Not to mention lower fuel and fleet maintenance costs.

OurFOURTH advantage is that our packaging is fully recyclable. For example if one looks at the major European Bag in Box websites – and I will plug our two major packaging partners here – Smurfit Kappa and RAPAK…. They have whole sections on their environmental credentials.

Clearly BIB is used once and then discarded. This is like many other food products and is not environmentally negative – provided the Board and liner can be recycled… which they can. Indeed in London the “virgin” Kraft board that is used in the box is such a valuable commodity that it is back out as usable board within one week of hitting the paper recycling centres. Likewise the small amount of plastic used can be recycled if the recycling centres have the ability to crush and separate plastics but in most cases it is used in energy production as it has a very high energy recovery coefficient.

It is a verifiable fact that the major paper manufacturers in BIB plant more trees than they harvest so in a sense the more we utilise the BIB system the more CO2 we trap from the atmosphere by promoting the planting of CO2 harvesting forests!!

Our FIFTH advantage is that we can do more with less trucks….simply because we can deliver a bigger delivery size into the customer….as we can store 4 boxes of water WITHIN the cooler and its easy to store another 8 or 12 neatly out of sight in a cupboard. This is the key MONEY driver also – as you can literally cut out the cost of 50% of your deliveries and reduce the number of empty back and forth small truck movements.

Our SIXTH environmental advantage is that our Bag in Box systems – both the packaging (which was developed initially for milk) and our coolers do not require ANY sanitising visits. You totally eliminate the costly, time consuming, heartbreakingly difficult to keep on top of and microbiologically necessary 13 week sanitising visits. No more chemicals, no more call backs for “funny taste” post sanitisation visits (when the coolers have not been properly flushed through) and you can keep the BIB cooler on your books as an asset by charging a good rental on the machine as against charging a sanitising charge and that is just eaten up in labour and administration charges. What is more as the Scottish Fountain report showed the sanitisation of coolers is a losing battle and 40% of the coolers tested failed due to bacteriological issues….including Coliforms and Staphlococcus aureus!!

Our coolers are designed to be hygienic ALL the time – not just directly after a sanitising visit… hence our tagline “Purity by Design”.

Our SEVENTH environmental advantage is that our coolers utilise the latest R600 Environmentally friendly gas…. And to date I have only come across the lovely Blue Pura coolers that do so as well – so we are well ahead on that criteria.

Our EIGTH and final environmental advantage is that our systems now incorporate a “sleep mode” which dramatically reduces the electrical consumption in the units by up to 25%.... offering customers a real and tangible benefit that is both environmental and monetary.

The NINTH reason is that we do not have to waste water and administer environmentally harsh chemicals to clean the bottles between use. It is a known fact that vigorous cleaning is required between use as the bottles have been exposed to all forms of environmental or human induced (either accidently or intentionally) contamination. Our product is “virgin” with a single use tamper evident system of dispense.

The TENTH and final reason is that – very importantly – our BIB coolers do not have any of the dangerous chemical that is causing such a stir in the plastics industry – “Bisphenol A” or BPA. This chemical was initially thought to be stable in plastic bottles – but then was found to leach if the bottle was exposed to heat (microwaveable baby bottles were first to feel the effects – but now it has moved into the wider plastics debate – as it has proven harmful effects to humans – the only question is “at what level is it safe” – not “does it leach” – it does!! What our industry seems to miss is that people who drink water do so for health and hydration reasons and do not want to engage in the scientific debate of “at what level is it safe” – they just would prefer to drink water that does not have it FULL STOP.

So when I look at the industry and project forward five years I see an industry greatly changed by environmental factors….with Point of Use coolers having fundamentally changed the “heavy use” segment of the current HOD business model and Bag in Box having changed the rest.

So if the question was - How has Environmental issues affected the Bag in Box and HOD bottle business? My answer is that it has completely changed the nature of the HOD business model and will continue to do so at an increasing pace.

Stock Commitments Pre Christmas

2010-11-23T12:16:00.004Z

Our offices will close for Christmas at 1pm on the 23rd December and reopen again on Tuesday the 4th January 2011

So if you require stock of Aqueduct Coolers please get your orders in no later than Friday 17th December so we can order through to our Manufacturers in plenty of time before Christmas.

Also if you are looking for Aqueduct BIB Water get your orders in as soon as possible in order to have timely deliveryies before Christmas.

Contact the sales team at sales@aqueduct-h2o.com
or Tel: + 353 1 220 0016

EUVEND NORTH 2010 - 16TH NOVEMBER 2010

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Come see the Aqueduct range of coolers on the PHS WATERLOGIC STAND at the EUVEND
Show next week.

Venue: The Manchester Suite, Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester
Stand: F-20
Time: 10 - 16h00

Or for more information contact the team on:
Tel: + 353 1 220 0016
email: sales@aqueduct-h2o.com

WINE & DINE FESTIVAL HONG KONG

2010-11-11T16:39:00.004Z

Fuentes De LeBonza at the Wine and Dine Festival in Hong Kong last month.

Facilities Managers Handbook 2010-11

2010-11-02T11:01:00.000Z

Congratulations to our partners Smurfit Kappa

2010-11-01T11:13:00.005Z

Aqueduct would like to congratulate our partners Smurfit Kappa in winning 16 awards at the EFTA awards

ENTERPRISE IRELAND - Directory of Irish Exporters of Clean Tech Products & Services

2010-11-01T10:58:00.002Z

Enterprise Ireland have included Aqueduct in their new Director for Irish Exporters of Clean Tech Products and Services.

This directory is used as a Business Development & Marketing resource for Enterprise Ireland in Ireland and overseas.

Going Green Silicon Valley Interview

2010-10-26T16:18:00.003+01:00

Whilst in the San Francisco at the Going Green Silicon Valley conference.

Kieran was interviewed - follow the attached links to view:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L9R4a-N5Qo - Aqueduct Why you will love the System!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqIz4XYdhmU - Aqueduct Bag-In-Box the "Leaner, Greener, Cleaner" alternative to 5 Gallon Bottles

FOLLOW AQUEDUCT ON TWITTER

2010-10-22T15:41:00.005+01:00

Aqueduct is now up on twitter.

Follow us today!

our twitter username: Aqueduct100

2010-10-21T11:07:00.004+01:00

We are happy to announce that

Aqua Pyreneese will be showing the Aqueduct BIB cooler range at the Vending Paris Show

The International Vending Show
Date: from 27 - 29 October 2010
Venue: Paris Expo - Porte de Versailles - Pavillon 4

2010-10-21T10:51:00.004+01:00

Kieran will be attending the EBWA 2010

The 16th EBWA Trade Fair & Convention
Being held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Prague
from 26th - 27th October 2010

if you would like to meet with Kieran during the convention please contact Michelle to arrange an appointment Tel: + 353 1 220 0016 or email michelle.reynolds@aqueduct-h2o.com

Aqueduct Loading a "Bag-in-Box"

2010-10-12T10:55:00.003+01:00

View our short video on how to load a Bag In Box - into an Aqueduct BIB Cooler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY0HUcc1F6o

GOING GREEN SILICON VALLEY 2010

2010-10-05T14:54:00.001+01:00

Enterprise Ireland have sponsored Kieran McKenna to attend this years Going Green Silicon Valley 2010 Conference being held in San Francisco from 12th - 14th October 2010.

AlwaysOn GoingGreen 2010 is where cutting-edge greentech CEOs meet the movers and shakers from the biggest industries on earth.

Green technology innovators are transforming trillion dollar industries - and the solutions they are delivering not only promise to clean up pollution and restore ecosystems, but also to bring abundance and prosperity to everyone on earth.

In fundamental areas, water, energy and land, resource abundance is just around the corner, through the power of technology and free markets. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on the most promising emerging green technologies and new entrepreneurial opportunities.

The top 100 Private Companies will be honoured. Fifty top CEOs will also pitch their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in the "CEO Showcase."

VENDING POLAND 2010 - WARSAW

2010-10-05T14:40:00.004+01:00

Kieran and Donogh manned the Aqueduct stand at the Vending Poland Show last week in Warsaw - really good feedback and " .. a lot of interest ... "

VENDING POLAND 2010

2010-09-23T16:45:00.001+01:00

Come visit us at

Stand C9

Vending Poland - Warsaw

30th September - 1st October 2010

www.psv.org.pl

2010-08-16T13:12:00.003+01:00

Frist Container Shipment arrived to our Warehouse in the UK at the end of July

Stock contains Aqueduct FLEXi and Aqueduct FLEXi Store+

The sales team are selling pallets of units from this shipment for more information contact martina.colbert@aqueduct-h2o.com.

FIRST BIB WATER PRODUCTION AT HARROGATE SPRING WATER

2010-06-11T12:44:00.007+01:00

Harrogate Spring Water - Frist Pallet off the line.

THE NEW ARRIVALS

2010-05-26T17:12:00.003+01:00

Kieran receives our new Aqueduct WHITE BIB cooler

London Wine Fair - 17-20 May 2010

2010-05-21T10:46:00.005+01:00

Our Aqueduct Cooler Range were on show at the London Wine Fair which was held at Excel this week - with an overwhelming interest from the Wine industry.

THE FACILITIES SHOW - 11TH - 13TH MAY 2010

2010-05-17T15:00:00.004+01:00

We unveiled our new White Aqueduct FLEXi Store+ at the Facilities Show - and our latest pre production models with a lot of interest from all visitors to our stand.

Kevin James joins the SalesTeam

2010-05-06T17:07:00.007+01:00

Kevin James has over 12 years in the water industry and joins the UK sales team to further promote the Aqueduct brand in the UK market. We are very happy to have Kevin on board and look forward to working together.

Product Range at work!

2010-04-14T14:07:00.004+01:00

The Aqueduct products looks great - we have photos that we would be happy to send you showing the versatility of the range whether in the home, the office or in a commercial environment for instance at the gym, hotel buffet station or board room.

Or visit the news section on the web site following the link below.
http://en.aqueduct.biz/aqueduct_news_en/items/aqueduct-bib-looking-good.7.html

PowWow Administration

2010-03-31T16:05:00.002+01:00

At Aqueduct Investments International we are extremely sorry to hear of the redundancies made as a result of PowWow going into Administration, we wish all staff the very best for the future.

As a long standing supplier in the Water Cooler industry we wish to help customers of this industry find a solution fast in their current situation. We are suppliers of the new and innovative Bag In Box cooler (www.aqueduct.ie). Please do not hesitate to contact us and we will direct you to your nearest distributor.

GULFOOD SHOW DUBAI 21- 24 FEB 2010

2010-02-17T15:35:00.005Z

Kieran is en-route to Dubai to set up our Stand R-230 at the Gulfood Show at the Dubai Convention Centre. A fantastic opportunity to introduce to the Middle Eastern market our range of Aqueduct BIB Coolers.

PLASTICS ARE FOREVER

2010-02-03T12:12:00.002Z

http://www.algalita.org/pdf/plastics%20are%20forever%20english.pdf

Plastics like Diamonds are forever!

Follow the above link for an interesting paper from the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on the facts about plastic and how harmful they are to the environment.

Plastic pollution doesn't just look bad ..

2010-01-29T12:19:00.007Z

COME VISIT US AT:

2010-01-29T12:06:00.006Z

Come visit us on:

3rd February 2010

STAND 14
The Barbican Convention Centre, London

Aqueduct Coolers set to ship pre Chinese New Year

2010-01-27T09:53:00.002Z

Well the launch date is fast approching with our first batch of coolers being air freighted to Europe pre Chinese New Year. The first allocation is completely sold out and we have over 1000 units to produce once we get back post the celebrations for the "Year of the Tiger".

Special "Introductory Offers"

2010-01-19T12:11:00.011Z

2010 is looking to be a great year for Aqueduct with our first run of orders currently in production and due to be completed mid February 2010.

The Aqueduct BIB coolers are looking great and matching expectation.

Aqueduct is offering an “Introductory offer” on mixed pallets to the UK, for the first 100 pallet customers – this is a once off offer available on initial shipments only.

See our flyer above for more details or contact the office on + 353 1 220 0016 - by email sales@aqueduct.ie or kieran.mckenna@aqueduct.ie

Kieran is off to China in early February to oversee the final production stages.

Keep posted as we plan to update this Blog on a bi-weekly basis or for more up to the minute information please contact the team on + 353 1 220 0016 or email sales@aqueduct.ie.

Scottish Cooler Hygiene Report causes no problems for Bag in Box coolers.

2009-03-20T13:08:00.000Z

The recent Scottish consumer report on the poor hygiene associated with both Bottle and POU coolers shows that there is clear room for improvement in cooler design.... hence our tag line of "Purity by design!" Aqueducts coolers are inherently hygienic by design and require ZERO after sales maintenance and sanitisation to maintain the microbial water quality.

2009-03-02T12:48:00.001Z

2009-02-26T10:24:00.000Z

2009-02-26T09:56:00.000Z

Aqueduct have just had a pre launch expose of their new range of Bag in Box Coolers at the Copenhagen Food Fair (22-25th Feb 09) - and had rave reviews from potential distributors and customers alike. They instinctively "got it". Final tooling is now in hand and full production be be in place by summer 09.

2009-02-01T14:38:00.000Z

Our 10 L Cooler with a base stand (note no cup dispenser required for home use).

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Our Counter top home or small office 10 L cooler.

2009-02-01T14:34:00.000Z

2009-02-01T14:14:00.000Z

This is what we want to get rid of ... PET plastic bottles are an environmental nightmare.... time to look at packaging bulk water in a more environmentally friendly manner.

Aqueduct cooler range

2009-02-01T14:01:00.001Z

Our range of coolers can cater from smaller home or office applications to larger commercial applications.... with units to fit most requirements and budgets.