Thanks to long-term water rights and marketing licenses, our corporate strategy can focus on the production and marketing of premium bottled water. This allows us to participate in a USD 63 billion market, which will have grown an additional 30% by the year 2010. The global bottled water market grew 6.4% in 2005 and reached a volume of USD 62.9 billion.
On the other hand, in our medium- and long-term outlook, we are already getting ready to supply the global population with high-quality drinking water. Our projected capital need for the realization of the first and second step will be about EUR 31.5 million.