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Glass bottle. Glass cap. Not a gram of plastic. HAVÆON Grand 1.5 L — for hotel rooms, villas and the table. Now welcoming hotel, villa, restaurant and corporate partners.

Our story

Born where the rainforest meets the sea.

HAVÆON began with a simple question: why does one of the most water-rich countries on earth import its premium water in plastic?

I

Our vision

To become the leading premium water brand of the Caribbean and the Guianas, and Suriname’s best-known consumer brand in the region.

II

Our mission

To bottle Suriname’s purest water in the most beautiful reusable glass bottle on the market, with no plastic from source to lips.

The name

Six letters. Three worlds.

HAVÆON

HAV

A family name, and a promise of personal accountability for every bottle.

Æ

Aqua and essence, joined in one letter: the water outside and the inner you it restores.

ÆON

The universe and eternity. Health and inner balance that last, in a bottle that lasts.

Say it: ha-VEE-on

What we believe

Five principles.

  1. 01

    Less, but better.

    One material, one form, three sizes. Every extra variant must earn its place.

  2. 02

    The product is the message.

    A bottle designed to be photographed, reused and talked about.

  3. 03

    Purity you can verify.

    Batch analysis, published for anyone to read.

  4. 04

    Circular by design.

    Kept by people, returned by businesses, recycled at the end of its life.

  5. 05

    Proudly Surinamese.

    Regional by ambition, rooted in Paramaribo.

From Paramaribo

Suriname’s water, for the whole region.

Suriname is one of the most water-rich nations on earth, yet its premium water has always travelled 8,000 km across the Atlantic. HAVÆON bottles at the source and serves Suriname, the Guianas and the Caribbean.

Drawn from the deep sandy aquifers of Suriname’s Zanderij belt, filtered by nature over many years.

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SurinameGuianas & ABCCaribbean Schematic, not to scale

Sustainability

The loop, not the line.

Single-use plastic follows a line: made, used, thrown away. HAVÆON follows a loop.

The honest part.

Glass is heavy, so we bottle close to where people drink and ship by road and sea, never by air. Glass is not a thermos, so we never claim it is. And glass can break, so every Kids & Sport pack comes with a protective sleeve.

Fill Deliver Enjoy Return Wash & inspect Refill

From our founder

Suriname has given the world gold, timber and now oil. I want it to give the world something that lasts longer: a water, and a bottle, people are proud to keep.

Founder & CEO, HAVÆON

Careers

Build it with us.

We are a small team in Paramaribo with a regional ambition. If you care about craft, quality and the region, we would like to hear from you.

Get in touch

Investor relations

Information for investors and lenders.

Financial information, governance and documents are available to approved investors and lenders in our private data room.