Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced a new £31m investment at its manufacturing site in Wakefield, Europe’s largest soft drinks plant by volume.
The investment will develop a new state-of-the-art canning line, which will be operational in 2024 and will be capable of producing 2,000 cans per minute. The new line will also provide additional production capabilities for CCEP’s lightweight 330ml cans, and advanced technologies will be incorporated into the line to help minimise energy, water and CO2 consumption.
Vanessa Smith, Director of Supply Chain Operations at CCEP, said: “We’re committed to developing our sites to keep at the forefront of innovation, ensuring we can continue to deliver drinks to our customers and to consumers in a sustainable way.”
