Ty Nant Times

2003 drew to a close with Ty Nant celebrating its Welsh roots - leading the Welsh Food and Drink sector into an exciting new year - with Nick Taylor, General Manager of Ty Nant chosen as Wales's Food and Drink Ambassador, at the annual Welsh Development Agency 'True Taste Awards'. Ty Nant also scooped a 'True Taste Manufacturer' Award during the evening.

Ty Nant famed for refreshing natural mineral water in award winning, design led packaging - took designer style to Edinburgh, Scotland - as official water of the star-studded European MTV Awards November 6th 2003.

Having fought off competition from Copenhagen and Belfast to hold the awards,

the Scots were delighted to welcome the 10th European MTV Awards to Leith, Edinburgh. MTV organisers turned to Wales however for their choice of refreshment on the night - ensuring pop heroes such as Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Jennifer Lopez and Robbie Williams quenched their thirst with the refreshing taste of Ty Nant as they performed to a 6000 strong audience at Leith Waterfront.

Ty Nant's presence at ANUGA - the world's largest food and drink industry exhibition, drew the attention of leading industry buyers from around the world, with the stylish appearance of not only the enhanced product range (PET and TAU) - but also the new exhibition

stand designed to reinforce Ty Nant's position as the leading premium glass and PET bottled water company. Ty Nant's professional appearance at the show impressed both current and prospective customers. ANUGA 2003 attracted 168,000 visitors from 150 countries.

The October 2003 edition of leading men's consumer design and style magazine 'ARENA', saw Ty Nant's iconic PET bottle ranked as the "8th coolest item in the world right now" - confirming Ty Nant's status as the ultimate designer refreshment.

Not only was this the highest ranking packaged goods product, it was placed well ahead of items such as The Ducati 998 Motorbike (28), Sony Playstation 2 (39), Burberry Trench coat (45), Coca-Cola logo (53), Lara Croft (52) and the Vanquish V12 Car (56)!

Guests - including HRH Prince Charles - attending the highly anticipated Royal European Charity Premier of 'Bright Young Things' each received a bottle of Ty Nant Natural Mineral Water in their stylish gift bag. 'Bright Young Things' is Stephen Fry's directorial debut, and is based on Evelyn Waugh's

modern classic 'Vile Bodies'. The film, which stars Richard E Grant, Peter O'Toole and Hugh Lorrie, took place at the ODEON, Leicester Square. Ty Nant was also placed on each seat of the famous London cinema for the premier of Bad Boys 2 - featuring Will Smith - September 30th 2003

The world famous MOBO Awards, held this year at the Royal Albert Hall celebrated the best urban culture music acts of 2003, with Ty Nant available

throughout the evening to stars such as Justin Timberlake (Best R & B Act), 50 Cents (Best Hip Hop Act) and Christina Aguilera (Best Pop Video)

Ty Nant were delighted to support the 6th The Urban Music Seminar, held at the Royal Festival Hall on September 20th. Formed in 1998 as a non-profit making organisation, the Urban Music Seminar's goal is to inform and educate young people with aspirations of working in the music industry.

The 2003 event saw nearly 15,000 young people pass through it's doors, with major artists including Norman Jay MBE, Big Brovas, Lemar, Jamelia, Jaimeson, Jay Sean and Asher D providing support and advice.

London - the home of cutting edge fashion design once again created a fashion frenzy as the worlds leading designers celebrated their new collections on the London Fashion Week catwalks. As the soft drink of choice of any style-conscious fashionista, Ty Nant was at hand to support the shows of designers such as Julien McDonald, Hamish Morrow, Justin Oh, Sass & Bide, RUDE and Betty Jackson. Ty Nant also supported the Fashion East 'Eye To Eye' exhibition - opened by supermodel Erin O' Connor styled as Audrey Hepburn (pictured), and the London Fashion Week-End.

Trendy VOYAGE club set the scene for the Bambuddah Bachelors Party - held to celebrate 'The Arrival' - a new double CD created by John Moon - the founder and owner of Ibizan style bar and restaurant Bambuddha Grove

- and the bar's resident DJ and long-standing Ibizan icon DJ. M.O.C. Pauli.

Left - ITV's Footballers Wives bad-boy Christian Solemiino with his bottle of Ty Nant at the Party.

August saw Ty Nant partnering with the world's largest selling weekly rock music magazine KERRANG!, as official water supplier to the legendary KERRANG Rock Music Awards. Both the Awards - held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, and the aftershow part held at ROUGE provided the usual mix of madness and mayhem - with rock legends Metallica given a lifetime achievement award for their contribution to rock music. (Pictured)

Ty Nant was at the heart of the party as over 21,000 dance music enthusiasts attended 'Escape into the Park 2003' in one of Wales's most famous parks - Singleton Park, Swansea on Saturday 2nd August. The event, hosted and organised by Swansea super club Escape, saw over 40 of dance music's top DJ's and artists including X-Press 2, Erick Morillo, Dave Pearce, Anne Savage and Judge Jules playing from 4 dance arenas and one outdoor main stage.

Following this year's record turnout, the Ty Nant International Classic has firmly established itself as one of the leading, most enjoyable competitions within the UK fly-fishing calendar. Attracting a record 92 anglers from all corners of the UK, Poland and the Netherlands to the beautiful heart of rural Wales, the International Team Match was this year secured once again by the Scottish team, captained by Alan Hill. The emphasis of the competition was firmly on fun and friendly competition at Brennig - the premier fishing venue in Wales. Such is the success of the event, that Ty Nant has confirmed a further three years sponsorship, which is set to ensure the continued success of this event.

The competition, organised by George Barron - captain of the Welsh Fly Fishing team - drew to a close with a lively sporting-auction (led by S4C sport correspondent Alun Elidir) of 35 prizes generously donated by local companies and individuals including The Brennig Centre, Flymail, Vac Rac, Tight Lines, and paintings by renowned sporting artists Owen Williams (who recently exhibited at the CLA Game Fair - www.owenwilliams.org.uk) and Terry Lambert. To acknowledge Ty Nant's sponsorship, Alan Hill, captain of the Scottish team presented the company with two expertly tied Davie Mcphail Atlantic Salmon flies, aptly named 'Ty Nant Sward and Bethania Blue'.

Since the First International Exhibition of Art in 1895 over a thousand artists have represented Britain at the Venice Biennale. The Biennale is arguably the most important event in the contemporary arts calendar, and 2003 will be the first time Wales will be represented. This year, as one of the main sponsors of the Welsh Pavillion (the former Dreher Brewery 'Ex Birreria'), Ty Nant is supporting the work of leading Welsh artisits Bethan Huws, Simon Pope, Paul Seawright and Cerith Wyn Evans, as they showcase their work at this truly international event.

For the fifth consecutive year, Elton John opened his beautiful Windsor estate for the most lavish party of the year - 'The White Tie and Tiara Ball'. Stars from around the world joined Elton John and his partner David Furnish on July 26th 2003 to raise money for the AIDS foundation. Ty Nant supports the event annually by supplying Natural Mineral Water in stylish 750ml Cobalt Blue, and Red bottles. Among the guests this year enjoying Ty Nant were Liz Hurley, Naomi Cambell, Kylie Minogue, Sir Michael Cane and Elle McPherson.

Animal art and anonymity was the order of the night as graffiti artist BANKSY showcased his latest collection of work at 479 Kingsland Road, London on July 17th 2003. Work ranged from BANKSY's signature stencil graffiti to live pigs, cows and sheep donning patterns ranging from signatures to chequered designs - oblivious to explosion of creativity surrounding them as they slept quietly in their pens.

As the anticipation and temperatures rose during the final two Big Brother eviction shows, Ty Nant was invited to provide refreshing natural mineral to the ecstatic crowds, presenters and family members as they eagerly awaited the result of the final evictions from the famed Big Brother house. With over two thousand bottles Ty Nant water consumed during the final show, Ty Nant were delighted to be at the heart of the excitement as 1,928,570 viewers voted for Orkadian housmate Cameron to win the Big Brother title on July 25th.

From June 6th-13th 2002, 20 young award winning designers from Munich exhibited their work at the Völkerkundemuseum, as part of the Design Parcours week in Munich. Ty Nant supplied natural mineral water in the 'Ross Lovegrove' PET bottles - much to the delight of Munich's design elite!

Ty Nant took it's sporting calendar yet again to new heights during June 2003, as official bottled water supplier to the Stella Artois Tennis Championships at the Queens Club, London - the ultimate grass court championships prior to Wimbledon.

Considered one of the most exhilarating and enjoyable tennis tournaments, The Stella Artois Championships this year celebrated 25 years of creating tennis history in style, with un-broken summer sunshine ensuring record attendance on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Over the last quarter of a century, The Championships have hosted matches between some of the world's highest earning tennis heroes, with 20 of the last 22 Wimbledon champions - including past and present tennis aces such as John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras and Lleyton Hewitt, battling for the prestigious title. This year was no exception - US youngster Andy Roddick fought off one of the strongest ever player fields - including Andre Agassi, Greg Rusedski and Tim Henman - to capture the Stella Artois Championships title in two thunderous sets against Frenchman Sebastian Grosjean.

With BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Eurosport viewing figures totalling 81 million, and with approximately 29 hours of coverage, Ty Nant is delighted to be part of the Stella Artois Tennis Championships, as it firmly establishes Ty Nant on an international level, building world-wide recognition and reputation for the brand.

Ty Nant Mineral Water was personally requested by pop idols EMINEM and Justin Timberlake as they stayed in London during their recent sell out tours. Ty Nant supported the EMINEM tour by providing water to the singer himself, support crew and to the VIP lounges during his astronomically successful concerts in Amsterdam, Paris and Milton Keynes, during June 2003.

Ty Nant were delighted when the reigning king of British design, Terrence Conran, chose the new 500ml PET bottle to quench the thirst of New York's design elite as they converged at his New York store on May 9th, to launch the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) - a fair that showcases the best of modern design within the home/ office environment.

Ty Nant's new exhibition stand and award winning product range were showcased at the above exhibitions - much to the delight of prospective and current Ty Nant customers. With attendance figures for the IFE standing at 24,000, and 58,000 for the FMI and Fancy

Food Show, Ty Nant was ideally placed to meet potential new customers, and catch up with the latest trends within the dynamic bottled water and soft drinks industry. Look out for Ty Nant once again at the FMI show - Chicago 2004, and IFE - London, 2004.

Ty Nant was at the heart of the flamboyant celebrations as VOYAGE COUTURE was launched amidst a frenzy of celebrities and media on March 19th 2003. With it's 1960's cinema style façade, VOYAGE houses the most exclusive collection of men's and womenswear produced by the label, worn far and wide by the

most sought after stars including David Beckham, Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna. Post event press coverage in ES magazine included shots of stars such as celebrity milliner Cosmo Jenks leaving the party clutching their bottles of 500ml Ty Nant PET. Pictured below - Misteeq, Lisa B and Cosmo Jenks at the party.

Ty Nant Spring Water, famed for its stylish cobalt blue bottle, and Pet bottle designed to evoke the fluidity of water is now set to bring contemporary stylish design into the clear glass bottled water sector.

TAU with it's chic minimalist black and white labels has been specifically designed fro outlets where colour may not be appropriate, but quality and style are essential. TAU takes its name from an ancient welsh word meaning 'to be silent', which was felt to encapsulate TAU's understated clean lines, and the fresh tasting spring water drawn from its unique source on the edge of the Cambrian Mountains. With a reputation for being passionate about outstanding design, TAU has already picked up a major award for the team at Ty Nant - winning both a Gold Award and a Diploma from the British Bottlers Institute Awards, May 2003.

The still variant which is dressed with contemporary black text out of a white background, and the sparkling variant which has a reversed design are available in 330ml (11fl oz) and 750ml (25 fl oz) bottles, and finished with a secondary tamper capsule normally associated with wine bottles.

"Ty Nant commented; We have had an excellent reaction to the new TAU launch confirming our view that the minimalist design more than fulfils the need for a contemporary understated yet truly stylish product".

On March 19th 2003, The Re:Creation Awards, brought to life by Dazed and Confused magazine in partnership with Topshop - celebrated the second year of encouraging Britains best creatives in the field of journalism, graphic design, music, fashion and photography to showcase their talents. The Awards are the culmination of the 'Re:Creation tour' - which stops in 6 British Cities to give seminars and showcase the best of British creative talent. Attended by the likes of Rankin and Stella McCartney, the awards were presented at the Victoria and Albert museum, with the evening party held at trendy ROUGE in London, with Ty Nant available all day to celebrities and award winners.

Ty Nant was at hand to keep the voices of budding Fame Academy "Celebrity" Students (including Ruby Wax, Ulrika Johnson and Will Mellor) on top form, during the Celebrity Fame Academy, held in aid of Comic Relief during March 2003. 1000 500ml PET bottles were consumed by celebrity students, VIP guests and press during the event, as both emotions and voices ran high within the walls of the Academy!

March 2003 saw Ty Nant being invited to quench the thirst of Tokyo's fashion and design leaders, at the opening of 'ORIHICA' - a new menswear designer store in Omotesando, Tokyo. ORIHICA's Creative Director described the development and launch of the store as being very much 'design led' and was delighted to have Ty Nant's award winning 500ml PET bottles at the launch itself. Around 600 guests attended the launch of ORIHICA (short for 'Original High Category') on March 7th 2003.

London's famous Liberty store was the focus for the Matthew Williamson fashion showcase, March 12th and 20th 2003. Known for his unique colour sense and exquisite embroidery and beading, Ty Nant were delighted to support the event by providing blue 330ml and 500ml PET bottles to the designer and Liberty shoppers!

Ty Nant brought designer style to the recently launched 'To Be Confirmed' Fashion Trade Shows, held this year in London, New York and Tokyo. The first trade show of it's kind to be represented in three continents, To Be Confirmed brings together niche fashion brands (UK labels Rude, Etienne Ozeki, Parka Rock, Red Dot, New York label Noah, and Japanese labels Wild Swans and Yellow Division), music (Nuphonic Records, JZ Bratt and Vice DJ) and art (underground artists ECO and CHUM), to create a fashion experience unlike any other, yet "unique in it's simplicity".

Similarly, Ty Nant's 500ml PET bottles kept designers and buyers alike refreshed at TBC's sister show - 'For The Attention Of'. Launched in February 2003, 50 selected brands were presented at FAO in the Marquee at the British Genius Site, Battersea Park, London. Over 2000 guests from around the world attended the event.

The Odeon at Leicester Square has become familiar territory for Ty Nant, the soft drink of choice at a host of Celebrity premieres this year. Ty Nant's funky 500ml PET bottle was placed on each seat at the Odeon for the celebrity studded Premieres' of The Banger Sisters January 28th 2003 (Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon), X - Men April 27th 2003 (Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman) and Charlie's Angels July 4th 2003 (Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Miu), with miniature cobalt blue Ty Nant bottle key-rings placed in goody bags, as the ultimate '2003' celebrity accessory!

Ty Nant once again supported the world's top fashion designers at London Fashion Week's Spring Season shows - February 15th 2003, by supplying refreshing Natural Mineral Water in award winning 500ml PET bottles and 330ml cobalt blue glass bottles to designers, models and celebrity front row guests alike. Amongst the numerous designers supported were Ronit Zilkha, Boudicca, Antoni & Alison, Ben De Lisi, Katherine Hamnett, John Rocha and Betty Jackson, along with the ANNEXE Accessories Show. Quotes from a few of the above designers summarised Ty Nant's contribution to Fashion Week;

"Sponsorship from brands like Ty Nant is amazing because it gives you a platform," she said. "Only in London can you see such an eclectic mix of innovative collections." Ronit Zilkha

"Water featured in our first ever collection. We used a picture of a girl walking down the street drinking a glass of water. So you see water has always been with us, and it's great that we could have such a stylish bottle at our show." Antoni & Alison

"They're just so funky" Michiko Koshino

Ty Nant brought a touch of stylish blue chic to the launch of Ralph Lauren's new fragrance 'Polo Blue'. The event was held at the Hellenic Centre in Paddington on January 31st, with Ty Nant available in 330ml Blue bottles to over 200 stars of the fashion and design world.

The 5th annual The West Wales School of the Arts at Coleg Sir Gâr photography competition took place in February 2003, with the addition of a new 'advertising' and 'packaging' section for the students. The works displayed showed originality and creative flair - once again making the judges task a difficult one!

Photography

• 1st Sian Armitage
• 2nd Hannah Evans
• 3rd Katherine Evans

Advertising

Packaging

Following the hugely successful 2002 Milan debut of the Swarovski 'Crystal Palace' Exhibition - featuring a breathtaking collection of "magical, contemporary" chandeliers - the exhibition made it's brilliant appearance at the Musee Carnavalet, Paris on January 27th 2003, with Ty Nant available in 330ml Blue bottles to guests throughout the night.