Coca-cola to close five german plants over next year.
From the beginning of November 2021, Coca-Cola in Germany will begin the gradual changeover to new caps on all non-refillable PET bottles. In doing so, Coca-Cola is implementing an EU requirement that plastic beverage caps on non-refillable bottles must remain on the bottle after opening by July 3, 2024. Coca-Cola is using the changeover as an opportunity to optimize the overall use of materials in the bottles. Coca-Cola in Germany can thus save up to 1.37 grams of plastic per bottle with the new closures.
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Conversion period of two and a half years
Coca-Cola is starting the changeover to the new closures at an early stage to ensure that the EU requirement is implemented in Germany by July 2024. The starting point will be the bottling plant in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, in November 2021, followed in 2022 by the non-refillable PET lines at the sites in Mannheim, Mönchengladbach, Hildesheim and Knetzgau. By January 2024, all German plants with non-refillable PET lines will successively convert their production to bottles with the new closures. To ensure a smooth process, this will take place in no more than fi
Wave of redundancies at Coca-Cola in Germany
According to Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the aim is to "position itself even more cost-efficiently in a persistently competitive market environment, respond to the changes in beverage logistics and further strengthen capacity utilization in the German production and logistics network". The plants affected are those in Cologne, Neumünster, Berlin-Hohenschönhausen, Bielefeld and Memmingen.
In Cologne, where Coca-Cola operates a production and logistics site and currently employs around 600 people, production is to be discontinued on March 31, 2025. With four plants, the location density in the west is very high, it said. With two production lines, Cologne was also the smallest plant, and there were no opportunities for expansion and growth. The closure is intended to expand capacity utilization at the other sites and make production more efficient. In the other four cities affected by the closures, the beverage manufacturer has purely logistics facilities.
We are aware that the planned changes will be very painful for the employees affected.
CCEP-CEO Tilmann Rothhammer
"We are aware that the planned changes a
Operation shut down: Coca-Cola to cease operations in 5 production and logistics sites in Germany
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has slowly started the process to cease operations in five production and logistics sites in Germany.
CCEP, the company that handles Coca-Cola’s bottling, distribution and selling activities in Germany announced that the closure of the five plants will take place in Neumünster, Bielefeld, Berlin-Hohenschönhausen, Memmingen and Cologne.
Currently, CCEP operates 14 production facilities in Germany and 27 locations in total, employing around 6,500 people.
The Cologne facility, the smallest one in West Germany which employs approximately 600 people, will be ceasing production on 31st March 2025.
Coca-Cola attributed cost cutting as the reason behind the closures, in light of increasing market competition. Furthermore, it also cited the need to adapt to evolving logistics in the beverage sector.
With this change in mind, the company aims to use the German logistics and production capacity more efficiently.
An additional 505 jobs are expected to be terminated, 207 people will be relocated to other facilities while 78 new jobs are estimated to b
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners to invest US$156.2M in German operations
GERMANY – Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced plans to invest approximately €150m (US$156.2m) in its operations in Germany, with a significant portion allocated to expanding production capacity and enhancing reusable packaging solutions.
The majority of the investment will be directed towards the company’s facility in Halle, eastern Germany. Of the total funds, nearly €45M (US$46.7M)will be used to install a new can-filling line in Halle to meet growing consumer demand for canned beverages.
CCEP stated that the new line, expected to be operational by mid-2026, will “significantly” boost its can-filling capacity in Germany. Additionally, an existing line for filling non-carbonated beverages in Halle will undergo expansion.
Further investments will be made in CCEP’s facilities in Lüneburg and Dorsten. In Lüneburg, the company has allocated €11M (US$11.4M) to finalize the reusable glass production line installed last year and construct a new bottle sorting facility.
Meanwhile, €8M (US$8.3M) will be used at the Dorsten facility to install a production line for manufacturing conce
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced plans to close five production and logistics facilities in Germany over the next year, as part of a broader restructuring aimed at improving efficiency and adapting to changes in the beverage logistics market. The closures will result in the loss of 505 jobs, with some employees being relocated or reassigned to other sites.
The affected locations include Cologne, where both production and logistics operations are based, as well as logistics centers in Neumünster, Berlin-Hohenschönhausen, Bielefeld, and Memmingen. These closures follow a growing shift among Coca-Cola’s retail partners toward centralized warehouse delivery systems and the increasing use of wholesalers by smaller customers.
One of the major closures will affect the Cologne production site, where operations are set to cease on March 31, 2025. The Cologne facility, which has only two production lines, is the smallest of four Coca-Cola production sites within a 150 km radius. Due to the high density of Coca-Cola plants in this region, the company has determined that the Cologne site lacks opportunities for expansion or growth. This has made its closure n