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Vital Fontaines, the leading water cooler distributor in Mauritius, has begun supplying customers with drinking water in 10-litre bottles from Capsnap Europe.

The bottles are specially designed to serve private households with their low weight and easy handling. The bottle handle is mounted in the shoulder area of the bottle for the first time. There's no longer a need to tip over the bottle to carry it, thus making the product convenient to handle.

The product was jointly developed by SipWell Belgium and Capsnap Europe as a convenient alternative for private households and small offices. The water cooler industry had long demanded smaller bottle volumes than the typical 18.9-litre offering. Capsnap and SipWell met this demand by introducing their 10-litre bottle to the market in 2007.

Vital Fontaines, which currently supplies over 5,000 water coolers on the Island of Mauritius, is looking to heavily target private households in its plan for achieving further growth.