Mattoni 1873 (known as Karlovarské minerální vody until 2019) is a Czech

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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 Karlovy Vary (; , formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the Ohře and Teplá (river), Teplá ri ...

. 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. It is the largest producer of soft drinks in Central Europe.

History

In 1867, Heinrich Mattoni (1830–1910), an Italian-Czech native of Karlovy Vary, began bottling mineral water abundant to the region and selling it. In 1873, he took over mineral water production at the small

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of Kyselka, in the Karlovy Vary Region of

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. 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. In the 1880s, the Mattoni brand ranked among the best known in Europe. In 1910, they exported ten million bottles to other countries. Since 1994, the company belongs to the Italian business family Pasquale.

Brands

By 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, the Austrian Waldquelle, and the Serbian Knjaz Miloš. Since 2018, Mattoni holds an exclusive license to produce and distribute

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beverages in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Austria, Serbia, and Montenegro.

References

External links

* {{Official website, mattoni1873.cz
Mattoni brand
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