Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has announced that it will invest £20 million into a new line at its Edmonton factory in North London.
The company says this will “increase production of its most sustainable products”.
This follows a similar investment earlier this year which CCEP said it made in its facilities in its Wakefield, Sidcup and East Kilbride operations, as the business says it seeks to get its production lines operating in the “most sustainable way possible”.
CCEP said the investments have been made in support of its sustainability action plan, ‘This Is Forward’
Leendert den Hollander, vice-president and general manager of CCEP, said: “At CCEP, we are proud to be a truly local business, making globally recognised products right here in Great Britain.”
CCEP said the investments have been made in support of its sustainability action plan, ‘This Is Forward’.
Edmonton
The production line at the Edmonton factory will make Bag-in-Box products, which contain concentrate for food service and licensed operators to mix with carbonated water to dispense draught soft drinks to their customers.
CCEP claims that with no consumer packaging and less water, the format is a sustainable way to deliver soft drinks and saves the equivalent of 48,400 tonnes of CO2.
The company says the new line is to feature highly energy efficient machinery and state-of-the-art robotic packers.
Investment
Across Wakefield, Sidcup and East Kilbride CCEP has been aiming to save energy with a combination of technologies including automatic control of conveyors and energy sub-metering, as well as water reduction achieved by air-rinsing cans and dry lubrication on conveyors.
Mr den Hollander said: “We are committed to investing for the future, increasing the scale of our investments in new technologies and efficient processes, as well as investing in and supporting our people to ensure they’re continuing to grow, learn and develop in line with new technologies and systems.
“Supporting manufacturing excellence across the country, in a way that is as productive, efficient and sustainable as possible, is core to our business in Great Britain.”
Wakefield
In Wakefield, £15 million was invested in a bid to end the use of plastic shrink-wrap across all multipacks of cans across Great Britain, replacing it instead with 100% cardboard.
£15 million was invested at CCEP’s Wakefield site
CCEP says this move will see 4,000 tonnes of plastic removed from across Europe.
A combined investment of £40 million at the Wakefield and Sidcup sites has seen the opening of two new canning production lines dedicated to making lightweight cans, ranging in size from 330ml to 550ml.
Sidcup
Further investment at its Sidcup factory saw a £39 million automated storage and retrieval system warehouse open, which the company claims saves over 10,000 road miles by HGV trucks and almost 4,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.
Further investment at the Sidcup factory saw a £39 million automated storage and retrieval system warehouse open
CCEP’s East Kilbride has also received investment, and now includes two bespoke robotic multi-pack fillers, featuring water efficient pouch cooling technology and the use of lighter cardboard boxes for Capri-Sun.
Coca-Cola European Partners is an independent Coca-Cola bottler and employs 3,600 people across England, Scotland and Wales at manufacturing sites, offices and depots.
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