Alpine Coolers Ltd - Nairobi, Kenya

Our story dates back to 1992 when our Company Founder Mr. Navnit M Patel had just returned to Kenya from USA, where he had gone for further studies. He identified a gap in purified bottled water in the Kenyan market, where portable and safe bottled water was scarce, if not impossible to find. The society back then, perceived pure, safe and clean bottled water as a reserve for the elites. The vast majority of the people had adapted to alternative methods of purifying drinking water such as boiling. It is against this backdrop that the idea of producing, bottling, distributing and supplying purified, safe and clean drinking water was conceived. The Founder embarked on a journey whose sole purpose was to change people’s perceptions by making pure, clean and safe drinking water available  

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to all, a tap press away for both cold and hot water. With only a small team of five employees, a small hatchback car and a simple water purification plant, he set out to launch what was then a new concept. It involved producing, bottling, distributing and supplying Premium Pure drinking water, packaged in 18.9 Litres plastic bottles and dispensed using hot & cold water dispensers.