Kiss Imre: Szódavíz, egy magyar kultuszital, Szikvíz ipartörténeti album (Budapest, 2008)

Wagner, Kont, Scheibner és Vető szellemi örökösei voltak ők, mint ahogy azok a mai „nagyágyúk" Ampovics, Darabos, Marvanek Schlotthauer, Tóth Imre és a Győrök fivérek. Ampovics Zsolt így vall arról, hogy gyerekkori élményei hogyan határozták meg egész életpályáját: A szőregi Radács Nándor fekvőhengeres gépe, 20. század közepe (állandó kiállítás, Szeged) The horizontal cilinder machine of Nándor Radács at Szőreg mid 20th century, (permenant exhibition, Szeged) of a seltzer man first in Kistelek and then in Szeged. By repairing the machines I got lots of theoretical and practical experience in the field of engineering. I took the courage and started to design a new equipment, type AMPO/1

000/1. There is not enough space to cite his interesting technical c.v. but we must not be silent about the fact that there are over 500 machines abroad, which confirm Zsolt Ampovics' hard work and technical achievements both his own and the service industry's in general. Out of those who restarted their trade after World War II many of the retired, old craftsmen, one after the other, passed away in the mid-80s, but there was always a new one to stand in. Sons and daughters grow into and remain there. Thanks to this that there are old dinasties among the most prominent representatives of this industry, just like the Bak family at Pesterzsébet and the Kárász family at Dombóvár. István Bánffi from Szeged - we could say - grew on drinking carbonated water, as his grandmother took over from her mother, the „pioneer" Mrs Ferenc Bélányi, the soda plant that was opened next to the tavern and extended with a chandlery. Everything was at their disposal that was needed to make and distribute soda, a „food of basic importance" those days. Pista's enterprise saw very hard days after the change of political system, at the beginning of 90s, but „plastic bottled soda", as this new generate water is commonly called, meant booming. Modern machines were bought, the cooling of water was motorized and the quality was improved by a filtering system. Two new plants were started and four trucks ere bought. His son, Adam, now a university student, was actually growing up in the fabric, but often helps with distributing and