By resolution of the Russian Government, the BAIKALSEA Company, the producer of the federal deep Baikal water brand BAIKAL430, was awarded the Russian Government's 2020 Quality Award for achieving significant results in product and service quality, ensuring their safety and implementing highly effective quality management methods. The BAIKALSEA Company is now one of the technological leaders in the industry, developing national brands of Baikal water. The BAIKALSEA Company’s advanced technological base has allowed them, in partnership with the federal operator Chestny ZNAK (Honest Mark), to open their competence centre on the labelling of packaged water in Irkutsk. The training programme is free of charge and includes both a theoretical and a practical introduction to the stages of labelling directly on the production line.
The nominees were selected by the Council for Quality Awards of the Government of the Russian Federation, chaired by Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade. A total of 402 organisations from 67 regions in the country took part in the final competition.
Ruslan Kokovin, general director of the BAIKALSEA Company commented that ‘we produce deep water from Lake Baikal. Baikal, which has won consumers' trust, ensures a stable product quality by applying best quality management practices and building up modern management systems. Awarding BAIKALSEA Company the first Government prize this year is a great recognition of the work of every employee in the company. We are grateful to the experts of Roskachestvo for the professional organisation of the awards in 2020, which has been such a challenging year’.
The BAIKALSEA Company is a Russian producer of Baikal water in the premium segment. The company's flagship brand is the Baikal deep water "BAIKAL430". The company produces brands of water from artesian sources: "Baikal Pearl" natural water (BAIKAL PEARL), medicinal mineral water (BAIKAL RESERVE), as well as the Irkutsk region brand “Irkutsk Mineral Water".