Britvic

Britvic is investing £13 million in a fifth canning line at its Rugby factory in England, expected to create up to 20 jobs and raise production by 14%. The announcement was made on 16 March 2023.

Britvic officially opened a new canning line at its Rugby factory after investing £26.9 million and creating 20 new jobs. The line produces around 120,000 cans per hour and raises site capacity by about 20%.

Encirc, part of Vidrala, extended its partnership with Britvic to manufacture and fill Robinsons 500ml glass cordial bottles at its Elton, Cheshire site for at least three years, announced May 2022.

Britvic will invest £26.9 million to install a fourth canning line at its Rugby factory, adding about 18% site capacity and creating at least 20 jobs, with the line fully running in 2022.

Esterpet, set up by Esterform management, secured £9m of asset finance from Shawbrook Bank to buy two Starlinger rPET production lines at Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds, each capable of over 13,000 tonnes a year.

Refresco France bought the Nissan-lez-Enserune fruit juice bottling plant near Béziers from Britvic in early October 2020, along with two other French juice sites in La Roche-sur-Foron and Château-Thébaud.

Wincanton was appointed to manage Britvic's new automated warehouse in Rugby, Warwickshire, which went live in March, with the contract extending their relationship to 2025. The facility has 33,000 pallet positions.

Britvic has invested £100m in three new high-speed can lines at its Rugby manufacturing site, creating 80 jobs and producing 6,000 cans per minute, as part of a £240m three-year GB investment programme.