EUROPE'S leading manufacturer of watercoolers, Ebac Ltd, has won two international awards for its marketing efforts.

The business, from Bishop Auckland, scooped a double with first places in the advertising and website categories of the International Bottled Water Association Aqua Awards at Miami Beach in Florida.

Marketing executive Victoria Wilde received the awards in Miami.

She said: "Ebac are delighted that their marketing efforts have been recognised by the international bottled water industry.

"We have been working very closely with Paul Windle Design to create a sustained marketing campaign to cover every aspect of the marketing mix for the global market."

Paul Windle Design, of Newcastle was appointed by Ebac to develop a marketing campaign for its new E-Max watercooler.

The campaign, set to run over two years, uses striking images from nature to get the company's message across.

The campaign is under way across Europe and has recently been launched in the US.

Ebac's award-winning multilingual website can be found at www.e-watercoolers.com.

The site features animation and snapshots of how the product and technology works.