Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced an additional investment of $105.5 million for a new Warmfill Line at the Moorabbin plant in Victoria, Australia.
The investment will be the biggest single investment in the company’s Australian manufacturing network.
Expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2026, the Warmfill Line will have the capacity to deliver up to 17.8-million-unit cases to the network annually.
The installation of a Nitro-Warmfill Line is set to enable the production of the complete Powerade and Fuze Tea beverage range.
The new system has the potential to deliver up to 640 bottles per minute and when operating at full capacity, it will increase the site’s overall capacity by an additional 23 per cent.
The new bottle line is set to deliver high quality beverages with enhanced efficiency to customers across Victoria, Tasmania, and neighbouring South Australia.
Managing director at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Australia, Orlando Rodriguez, said this new investment will allow the company to produce and sell beverages to more customers.
“Our success as a company is underpinned by our relationship with our customers, and our investment in the new Warmfill Line highlights our commitment to delivering value to them,” said Rodriguez.
“Establishing and expanding local operations in Moorabbin brings us closer to the end-consumer, enabling us to produce, distribute and sell beverages to more customers with greater efficiency and more sustainably.”
Rodriguez continued, saying the investment is also a milestone as CCEP prepares for growth, particularly in the sporting beverage sector.
“Investing in the sports category is central to our overarching growth ambitions and reflects our strong belief in this sector, as highlighted by our support of community and sporting organisations, including the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, and recently being named the Official Sports Hydration Partner of the Hungry Jacks National Basketball League and Cygnett Women’s National Basketball League,” said Rodriguez.
In Australia, the Energy and Sports Drinks market is projected to generate revenue of AU$4.9 billion in 2024 and is anticipated to grow at an annual rate of 4.53 per , (CAGR 2024-2027)[1].
CCEP’s investment in the Warmfill Line anticipates the continued demand for Powerade products, with Powerade growing at 12 per cent during the 2023/24 financial year[3].
In response to the increased demand for products from these production lines, the new Warmfill Line is an extension to the existing state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Moorabbin, which includes an advanced canning line.
The new development includes construction of a cutting-edge 4,200sqm manufacturing hall and the installation of a high-speed 640 bottle per minute Nitro-Warmfill line.
There are also comprehensive upgrades to water treatment, electrical systems, compressed air, nitrogen dosing, heating and cooling systems, and a syrup room for Warmfill product manufacturing.
The new line is expected to reduce inter-business transportation of Warmfill Line products and their raw materials by 2.9 million kilometres annually, resulting in an approximate annual reduction of 3,785 tonnes of CO2.
Local builders, Vaughan Constructions have been appointed and will commence in August of this year.
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