Nestlé Waters Group

Over the years, Nestlé has become a major player in the bottled water market. As a direct result, it founded the Nestlé Waters Group, which has various brands of bottled water such as S. Pellegrino, Perrier, Vittel and Contrex. Today Nestlé Waters Group controls 19% of the total market for bottled water. The Nestlé Waters Group provides work for more than 30,000 people in 105 factories. Established in 130 countries, offering a full range of product formats for all distribution channels, Nestlé Waters Group markets bottled waters and refreshing water-based beverages meeting consumer needs anywhere, anytime.

Sanpellegrino

Sanpellegrino belongs to the Nestlé Waters Group and is the market leader in the Italian mineral water market. Included in Sanpellegrino’s brands are S. Pellegrino, Panna, Levissima, Vera and San Bernardo. The company has a rich Italian history dating back to the foundation of the old village of San Pellegrino in 1395. It boasts centuries of tradition and experience in the marketing of bottled water. The Nestlé Group, which acquired Sanpellegrino in 1998, made S. Pellegrino one of Nestlé Waters’ flagship brands.

Pre-existing situation & UTCFS’s role

In 2006, the new headquarters of Sanpellegrino was built in Milan. For this new flagship building, a total security solution was required consisting of access control, fire and intrusion detection, and video surveillance. Accordingly, UTCFS presented its hardware and software solutions, demonstrating the simplicity of managing an apparently complex system in an integrated way.

UTCFS’s solution

UTCFS’s solution successfully fulfilled many requirements. Those of great importance were a 24/7 fire system, a night time intrusion system and a video system supported by a central station which, when combined, would be able to manage the entire building in a more thorough way. UTCFS’s solution to Sanpellegrino’s needs included: state-of-the-art management software, an intrusion control panel, three card readers, a conventional fire panel with more than 500 smoke detectors, 20 manual call points, and a video system with 12 fixed cameras and 18 dome cameras connected via fibre optical interfaces to StoreSafe DVRs. The major advantage of UTCFS’s solution is that all of its integrated products work together seamlessly to provide a higher level of quality and security, yet it remains simplified for the user.