Turnover: 5.5 million EUR (2022)
Country: France
Mineral water production at Merens in the Pyrenees
40 employees
News
Compagnie des Pyrénées launches aluminum water bottles 17/09/2023
Ariège-based mineral water bottling company markets top-of-the-range aluminum bottles
The young company is due to start bottling water from the Pédoures spring in 2021
The company has invested 4.5 million euros in a bottling line with a capacity of 18,000 aluminum bottles per hour.
Aluminum bottles are seven times more expensive than plastic ones
The company now sells aluminum bottles under its L'Eau neuve brand to wholesalers such as France Boissons and Distriboissons,
Aluminium bottles still account for only 7% of production, compared with 73% for cardboard, 15% for recycled plastic and 5% for glass,
Two-thirds of production is marketed under the L'Eau neuve brand, and one-third is customized bottles for 170 customers in the hotel and catering industry, major groups, sports clubs and music festivals such as Printemps de Bourges.
The company employs 44 permanent staff in Mérens-les-Vals, and has forecast sales of 5.5 million euros in 2022
New water between aluminum bottles and gourds 31/07/2023
- LCDP entered the bottled water market two years ago with the brand Eau neuve (Ô 9)
- LCDP now offers 33 cl and 50 cl aluminum bottles for its mineral waters for hotels, luxury restaurants, festivals and congresses.
- LCDP has invested 4.5 million euros in a dedicated production line at its Mérens-les-Vals plant.
- LCDP sources its bottles from Trivium Packaging in France, which uses recycled aluminum.
- The bottles can be reused as water bottles
Compagnie des Pyrénées is about to launch its aluminum-bottled mineral water at Merens-les-Vals. 05/07/2022
- The company is investing 4.5 million euros.
- Entry into service of the new line in 2021.
- Some fifteen additional jobs to be created.
- The chain achieved sales of 1.7 million euros.
- The aim is to achieve 7 million euros by 2022 and 12 to 14 million euros by 2023.
Financial Data
DUNS: 339860769
Legal Name: C.O.P.Y.R.
Address: ZONE D'ACTIVITES DU COUSERANS ZI DU PRADAS VOIE HAUSSMANN, 09190 LORP-SENTARAILLE
Number of employees: Entre 20 et 49 salariés (2020)
Capital: 118 243 EUR
Financial Data:
| Year | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | - | 4 496 109 | 4 593 893 | 4 209 542 | 3 980 063 |
| Gross margin (€) | - | 2 596 790 | 2 767 364 | 2 453 207 | 2 336 871 |
| EBITDA (€) | - | 212 882 | 444 752 | 458 636 | 563 015 |
| Operating profit (€) | - | -44 631 | 190 603 | 271 106 | 343 936 |
| Net profit (€) | 116 322 | 29 634 | 229 209 | 288 367 | 304 676 |
| Turnover growth rate (%) | - | -2,1 | 9,1 | 5,8 | - |
| Ebitda margin rate (%) | - | 4,7 | 9,7 | 10,9 | 14,1 |
| Operating margin rate (%) | - | -1 | 4,1 | 6,4 | 8,6 |
| Working Capital (turnover days) | - | 103,1 | 100,6 | 116,1 | 142,9 |
| Working Capital requirements (turnover days) | - | 93,6 | 117,2 | 117,3 | 151 |
| Net margin (%) | - | 0,7 | 5 | 6,9 | 7,7 |
| Added value / Turnover (%) | - | 31,6 | 35,9 | 34,6 | 36,3 |
| Wages and social charges (€) | - | 1 148 190 | 1 156 143 | 958 222 | 825 560 |
| Salaries / Turnover (%) | - | 25,5 | 25,2 | 22,8 | 20,7 |