Some innovations seem to be born almost by osmosis; you put the right brains in one room and the great ideas just flow.

At least that’s how the idea for Vapur was born. The start-up company, not even a year old, is the producer of a reusable, foldable plastic water bottle by the same name.

The Vapur water bottle is a simple concept, but its creators believe it can revolutionize the state of the bottled water industry. Existing resuable water bottles on the market are rigid and bulky to carry around. Disposable plastic bottles are wasteful. So why not create a foldable, reusable plastic bottle?

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