The location celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2021. Now, a £28m [$34m] funding within the manufacturing unit is ‘highlighting CCEP’s dedication to investing the newest in manufacturing innovation’. This funding contains the brand new line, which is able to producing 2,000 cans a minute.
The brand new line will assist manufacturing of key Coca-Cola manufacturers comparable to Coca-Cola authentic style, Food regimen Coke, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Fanta, Dr Pepper, Sprite and Schweppes.
The opening of the brand new canning line was attended by Louie French, MP for Previous Bexley and Sidcup, who met CCEP’s Common Supervisor Stephen Moorhouse and VP for Buyer Service and Provide Chain, Javier Gandarias Sanchez, in addition to the location’s operations director, Karl Probert and colleagues on the manufacturing unit ground.
Stephen Moorhouse, Vice-President and Common Supervisor, Coca-Cola Europacific Companions (GB), commented, “We’ve been on the coronary heart of the Sidcup group for greater than 60 years and we’re happy with the group right here serving to to drive the newest improvements in manufacturing.
“We’ve invested nearly £120m [$146m] into the manufacturing unit since 2017, serving to us to assist the native financial system and speed up our path to internet zero.”
The Sidcup web site presently boasts a workforce of round 400 folks. CCEP – which is the world’s largest impartial bottler of Coca-Cola – champions a dedication on the web site to create a extra various workforce: with CCEP’s ‘Everyone seems to be Welcome’ ethos encouraging girls and others who won’t have beforehand thought of a profession in manufacturing to take action.
This implies recruitment practices give attention to expertise and aptitude quite than historic {qualifications} alone, alongside extra versatile working choices to swimsuit a variety of life.
The Sidcup web site has additionally supported 21 apprentices throughout its profession builder and early careers providing.
