Company Perrier

Read the text below about the French company Perrier Vittel and fill in the gaps. Use the words in the box.

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Perrier Vittel

Perier Vittel is a subsidiary 1 of the Nestlè Group. It has millions of customers 2 all over the world. It is the water division 3 of the group and has many famous brands 4 such asa San Pellegrino, Contrex, Panna and Aquarel. There are sixty-seven products sites 5 producing billions of litres of bottled water. The main researh centre 6 of Nestlè Group is in Lausanne and there is a network of seventeen other centres on four continents employing 2,500 staff. This research helps produce safe and affordable water for everybody.
A recent new product 7 is Nestlè Pure Life.
The company bottles this water locally in developing countries such as Pakistàn and Brazil.
Nestlè's interest in water began in 1969 with the acquisition 8 of 30% of Vittel. After the turnover 9 of Pêrrier-Vittel became a major part of the Nestlè Group. Today water sales represent 8.8% of the group's takeover 10. The groups is the international market leader 11 for bottled water with a 15% market share 12. A new CEO, Frits van Dijk took over in 2000 and he aims to keep Perrier-Vittel at the front of the bottled water market in both ales and technology.

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Grant David; McLarty Robert Business Basics. Oxford University Press. pages51.