Lifespan Company Limited

Business View Caribbean 3 aquifer’s many springs, is its quality. Because water that has passed through, and been filtered by, mineral rock for a decade and a half is not only extremely pure, oxygenated, and bacteria-free, it is also highly alka- lized. And high alkalinity is prized as a very important element in the areas of health, vitality, and taste, as they relate to the bottled water industry. Lifespan was founded in 2005 by Devon and Nayana Williams. Ms. Williams is the company’s Managing Di- rector. She recounts Lifespan’s genesis and how she and her husband came to operate, what is today, an enormously successful business enterprise, but one that started out small and humble, although with high aspirations: “We wanted to do something that was beneficial for consumers that was not just about mak- ing a profit for ourselves,” she says. “And we wanted to create employment. We identified what we wanted to do, which was the bottled water business.” Providen- tially, Devon Williams’ family had been using the water from the spring for many years, but, even so, starting a AT A GLANCE WHO: Lifespan Company Ltd. WHAT: A bottler and exporter of natural, alkalized spring water WHERE: Spring Garden, Buff Bay, Portland, Jamaica WEBSITE : www.lifespanspringwater.com