Coca-Cola European Partners commissioned KHS to supply a second turnkey canning line at its Wakefield beverage factory in the UK, after line 4 proved successful. The lines use Innofill Can DVD can fillers with capacity of up to 120,000 cans per hour.
Coca-Cola European Partners began manufacturing and distributing WestRock's CanCollar cardboard can collation ring at its Barcelona plant, first in the Balearic Islands, after a 2.6 million euro plant investment this year.
Coca-Cola European Partners invested EUR 2.6 million in its Barcelona plant, with WestRock supplying CanCollar Fortuna equipment, to replace plastic multipack rings with paperboard. The solution launches in the Balearic Islands in November 2020.
The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola European Partners plan to invest up to €1 billion in France over five years, covering new products, bottling capacity expansion and plant modernization. CCEP alone has earmarked €500 million for its production and distribution network.
Coca-Cola European Partners is opening a new £20 million Bag-in-Box production line at its Edmonton factory in North London, bringing its 2019 GB investment to £150 million.
Coca-Cola European Partners plans to open a £24m canning production line at its Wakefield, UK facility, part of a £49m investment there in 2019, to produce lightweight cans from 330ml to 500ml.
Coca-Cola European Partners opened a new GBP 16 million production line for lightweight cans at its Sidcup, UK site, alongside a GBP 39 million automated storage and retrieval warehouse, totaling GBP 55 million.