To cater to increased demand for its canned beverages, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has opened a new $43.7 million “state-of-the-art” can line at its production site in Moorabbin, Victoria.
The new can line can produce up to 1700 cans per minute in various formats and sizes – from mini 250ml to 375ml up to 500ml packs – allowing CCEP to scale local can production and efficiently deliver beverages to customers across Victoria, Tasmania, and SA.
Cans produced in the facility include brand favourites such as Coca-Cola No Sugar, Canadian Club & Dry, Mother Energy, Sprite, and Franklin Lightly Sparkling.
“At CCEP, we adopt a value-chain approach to our operations and continually assess the entire lifecycle of our products to unlock ways we can make, move and sell beverages more sustainably whilst ensuring we’re continually driving growth for our valued customers,” said Peter West, VP and GM of Australia, the Pacific, and Indonesia at CCEP.
With minimised freight movements, West added that the new can line could also help reduce carbon emissions.
“This new can line at Moorabbin allows us to make a larger range of canned beverages from across our portfolio of non-alcoholic and alcoholic brands locally in Victoria, meaning our products are closer to the end-consumer,” he said.
The company also describes its Moorabbin can production facility as its most sustainable line in Australia. It estimates to save an equivalent of more than six Olympic-sized swimming pools of water per year, and with the upgrade that allows filling cans at room temperature, the site’s energy usage will drop approximately 160,000 kW hours each year.
“The requirement to move product between states in a country as vast as Australia contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, and reducing this is a challenging task, but it’s not impossible,” said Orlando Rodriguez, VP of the supply chain – Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific at CCEP.”
“Our continued investment in more efficient infrastructure at our facilities will play a role in helping us reach our net zero targets.”
