1843: Henri Nestlé establishes his first lemonade and water bottling factory.
1969: Acquisition of a 30% stake in the Société Générale des Eaux Minérales de Vittel, in France.
1974: Acquisition of the German Blaue Quellen group.
1987: Nestlé S.A. takes a majority stake in Vittel.
1992: Acquisition of the Source Perrier SA group. Nestlé becomes the leading player on the world bottled water market, under the name Nestlé Sources International (NSI).
1996: NSI changes its name to accelerate its international development and becomes : Perrier Vittel S.A.
1998: Take-over of Italy’s leading bottled water producer, Sanpellegrino S.p.A.
Launch of Nestlé Pure Life, the first multi-site bottled water under the Nestlé brand.
2000: Simultaneous launch of Nestlé Aquarel, pan-European, multi-site spring water on six markets. Home & Office Delivery (HOD) becomes a strategic priority for the group.
2002: Perrier Vittel becomes Nestlé Waters.
2003: Nestlé Waters celebrates its tenth anniversary and acquires Europe's leading HOD company, the Powwow Group.
2004: Nestlé Waters expands its business activity in Asia (in South Korea and Indonesia) through external growth.
2005: Nestlé Waters further develops its business on the Africain continent via the launch of Nestlé Pure Life in Nigeria and the creation of a partnership in Algeria.
2006: Nestlé Pure Life becomes the Group's leading brand.
2007: Nestlé Waters acquires Sources Minérales Henniez S.A. and becomes the Swiss leader in the bottled water market.