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More than 50 years of experience.
BRITA‘s history began in 1966 when company founder Heinz Hankammer had the great idea of optimising tap water in a smart and convenient way. Since then, our company, with it‘s headquarter in Taunusstein, Germany, has evolved from a one-man show to an international business with over 2200 employees.
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