How Sólás H2O went from idea to national brand in under a year

“We’re kind of in the top three of canned water right now,” Mark Pattison said.

The market for canned, non-carbonated, unflavored water is a small niche of the overall bottled-water market, estimated at $19.4 billion in 2019 by the International Bottled Water Association. But Mr. Pattison, founder, COO, and board president of Solon-based Buck Creek Distributing, figures he’s ahead of the growth curve.

“We need to move…