In the heart of the Caucasus region, Georgia is one of the richest countries in mineral and thermal waters, even if it has a very ancient history for the cultivation of vines and the production of wine, as evidenced by ancient archaeological finds. | |||
The bottled mineral water industry has made great strides forward in the last decade, as shown by the successes of the company Aqua Geo Ltd, that uses increasingly advanced bottling and packaging technologies. | |||
SMI solutions for KOBI water plant | |||
KOBI plant is a recent project, officially launched in 2018. The carbonated water brand KOBI owes its name to the homonymous village, at 2000 meters above the sea level in the Caucasus Mountains, in which the spring is located. | |||
Aqua Geo lies in a picturesque place that fascinates for the beauty of nature and for the countless historical and cultural testimonies, such as the Georgian Military Road, taken to reach the bottling plant.
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Purity and quality preserved by technology
KOBI spring water is characterized by its unique taste and minerals and by a healthy, high-quality microbiological composition. KOBI source immediately strikes for the lack of pipelines above the surface, thanks to a highly technological system that preserves the natural course of the spring water, while fully respecting the surrounding environment.
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Modern technologies for high-quality products
SMI, that has been collaborating with Aqua Geo since 2011, has been involved in the important development project of KOBI brand and has designed, built and installed two bottling lines side by side: one for 0.33 L and 0.5 L glass bottles and the other for 0.5 L, 1 L and 1.5 L PET bottles.
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Production line for PET bottles
The solution includes:
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Line for the production of GLASS bottles
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If you want to find out further information on the packaging solution installed at KOBI and on the advantages offered by the machines supplied by SMI, we invite you to read the last issue of our SMI NOW magazine or to contact our sales department.
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The European Regulation 679/2016 (GDPR) on the protection of personal data has been fully applicable since May 25th, 2018. This is an important goal, because it lays down rules relating to the processing of personal data for all Countries within the Union. Every company of the SMI Group planned a series of activities, assets or operational modes to comply with the regulation and put into practice the protection of personal data. Here is a list of actions taken to comply with the European Regulation and our policy on personal data processing.
Lawfulness of processing
All activities relating to personal data processing shall be lawful (consent, contract obligations, vital interests of the data subject or of third parties, compliance with legal obligations to which the controller is subject, public interest or exercise of official authority, legitimate interest pursued by the controller or by third parties).
Information document
The information statement has been improved and updated to the new regulations (art. 13 and 14 GDPR).
Rights of the data subjects (right of access, right to erasure-right to be forgotten, right to restriction of processing, right to object, right to data portability)
Technical and organization measures have been adopted to ensure the data subject's exercise of his rights and to meet the data subject requirements.
Controllers, processors
Based on the new principle of “accountability”, SMI Group organization was re-defined, in order to proactively ensure integral compliance with the Regulation.
Redefinition of the role of data processors and service suppliers whose activity implies personal data processing.
Risk of data processing; accountability measures taken by controllers and processors (Impact assessment, record of processing activities, security of processing, data breach)
The “Conformity document”, including records of data processing activity, plans, adopts and demonstrates all technical and organizational measures taken to adequately perform the data processing activities and specifies the necessary procedures to be adopted to notify data breach.
Transfer of personal data to international organizations
Smi Group adheres to the general principles and guarantees concerning the transfer of personal data to third Countries.
The Controller is:
SMI S.p.A.
Head office: Via Carlo Ceresa, 10 - 24015 San Giovanni Bianco (BG) - ITALIA
P.I.: 04471940165 - C.F.: 03942700166 - R.E.A.: 421708
For further information, write to: privacy@smigroup.net
According to the European Regulation 679/2016, the data subject is entitled to exercise the rights set forth in the Regulation.
The integral version of art. 15; 16; 17; 18; 20; 21; 77 of the European Regulation is attached to this document.
In order to exercise your rights, please send the application form duly filled in to the Controller's address.
SMI S.p.A.
IVA SMI INDUSTRIES Group
Headquarters: Via Carlo Ceresa, 10 - 24015 San Giovanni Bianco (BG) - ITALIA
Registered office: Via Monte Grappa, 7 - 24121 Bergamo (BG) - ITALIA
VAT: 04471940165 - TAX code: 03942700166 - R.E.A.: 421708
Share capital: Euro 5.000.000 i.v.