1984 Pınar Su introduces consumers to Turkey’s first packaged water under the “Pınar Şaşal” label.
1985 Pınar Su exports goods to Germany for the first time. • PVC containers are used for the first time.
1989 Pınar Su single-handedly accounts for 90% of all of Turkey water exports.
1995 Bottled water production capacity reaches 100,000 tons a year.
1996 Pınar Su opens its second plant in Aydın-Nazilli and introduces its “Pınar Madran” brand to consumers.
1997 Pınar Su introduces the first PET bottles for its Pınar Madran line of water and is awarded a gold plaque by the Turkish Standards Institute.
1999 Pınar Su receives ISO 9002 Quality Management System certification.
2001 Pınar Su’s environmental awareness is confirmed by its TSE ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certification.
2002 Pınar Madran is marketed in carboys.
2003 The rights to the Sakarya and Isparta springs are acquired and Marmara Su is set up. Water from these two springs is marketed under the “Pınar Yaşam Pınarım” and the “Pınar Denge” labels respectively. • Pınar Su is awarded TS ISO 9001:2000 certification.
2005 Pınar Su is awarded TS 13001 HACCP Food Safety System certification. • Additional investments at the Pınar Madran plant occupying 64,000 m² of land in Aydın Bozdoğan increase the facility’s enclosed space from 14,000 m² to 17,000 m².
2007 Pınar Madran is the first Turkish beverage brand to be certified with the NSF International Quality Certification.
2009 Pınar Su is awarded TS ISO EN 9001:2008 Quality Management System certification.
2010 The Pınar Su Order Hotline on 444 99 00 goes into service and is made accessible from everywhere in Turkey. • Pınar Su is awarded TS ISO EN 22000 Food Safety Management System certification.
2011 Bottle weights are significantly reduced with the introduction of a newly-designed “short-neck” format. • Pınar Su’s glass container design is revamped. • Product is supplied to market in a new 1 liter container. • Akçaağaç replaces Toros as source of the Company’s mineral water in Isparta. • Pınar Su is awarded TS 18001 Occupational Health & Safety Management System certification.
2012 The Company is awarded TSE-ISO-EN 10002 Customer Satisfaction Management System Certification. • Turkey’s first web-based online carboy-ordering system is launched. • 5L glass carboys are introduced to the market.
2013 Pınar Su order-placement app running on the Android and IOS platforms is launched. • BrandSpark International “Best New Product” awards are received for the five-liter carboy and for the season liveried glass bottle packaging formats in the “Food & Beverages” category. • The season liveried series of glass bottles receives a gold medal for packaging excellence in the Ambalaj Ay Yıldızları awards competition. • PET container production capacity is nearly doubled at the Hendek and Isparta plants. • The Company enters the naturally-sparkling mineral water category with plain, fruit flavored, and vitamin-enriched fruit-flavored products.
2014 Newly redesigned 0.33 lt and 0.75 lt glass bottles are introduced to the market. • Consumers are given the option of placing orders for PET-container and naturally-sparkling mineral water products through the same dealers who supply them with 19 lt carboys. • Pınar Su receives British Retail Consortium (BRC) food safety certification. • With the reduction of the amount of plastic raw material used in their manufacture, the labels on Pınar Su’s PET containers begin displaying an eco-friendly bottle icon indicating the reduction both in their environmental impact and in their energy and carbon footprints. • According to the results of the Turkish National CustomerSatisfaction Index survey in the second quarter of 2014, Pınar Su ranked first place in the packaged water industry with a score of 82 out of 100.
2015 0.33-liter and 0.75-liter glass bottles are introduced with a new premium design. • The flavored water segment of the Mineral Water category was expanded with Watermelon and Strawberry flavors under the Pınar Denge label. • Pınar Su is the official water provider of the Turkish Basketball Federation and the National Basketball Teams.
2016 Pınar Su launched 15L glass carboy. • Uludağ source investment in Bursa / İnegöl completed and put into operation.
2017 Pınar Frii fruit flavored segment is added to mineral water category and the portfolio is expanded. • Lemonade category is released to market.
2018 In addition to filling the water supply, the ability to produce fizzy and still fruit drinks is gained. • Minions licensed products joins the portfolio.
2019 Trade Name was renewed as “Pınar Su ve İçecek”. • Pınar New Generation My Life Spring functional beverage family was presented for the taste of consumers.
2020 Pınar Su ve İçecek was the first water and beverage company in its sector to have a carbon neutral certified product. • COVID-19 Safe Production Certificate was obtained. • The sugar-free, vitamin-containing Pınar Frii product family was launched. • Production facilities received the “Zero Waste Certificate”.
2021 The 0.33L - 1L - 1.5L production lines were installed at the Uludağ facility.