Coca-Cola closes production line in Bad Neuenahr – 19 jobs gone!

Coca-Cola closes production line in Bad Neuenahr – 19 jobs gone!

There will be a drastic change at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners in Bad Neuenahr. How the Rhine newspaper reported that a production line for disposable PET bottles is about to be closed. This decision will impact 19 jobs in the region and is a direct result of changing consumer demand.

Benedikt Gietmann, who speaks for the company, has already confirmed the closure. The employees at the Bad Neuenahr location, which has a total of around 280 employees, are looking forward to an intensive time in which the industry has to constantly adapt. The decision is part of a broader shift in the drinks industry, which is also increasingly focused on sustainability.

Investments in the future

Despite the difficult news, there are also positive developments. Coca-Cola recently invested around 15 million euros in modernizing another production line for returnable PET bottles. This new facility will be able to dispense around 36,000 bottles per hour of soft drinks such as Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite, marking an important step for the region. This information comes from a report by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

The modernized line has a higher capacity than the second reusable line in the plant, which will relieve production capacity for reusable PET bottles at nine of a total of 14 regional locations in Germany. The investments also bring new jobs: a total of 30 new jobs were created, which is seen as a bright spot in the current situation.

Future-oriented packaging strategies

But Coca-Cola doesn't just think about production lines, but also about the environmental impact of its products. In order to continue to act in an environmentally conscious manner, the company has launched an extensive sustainability campaign. Loud Coca-Cola Around half of Germans are not clear about the differences between recycling, downcycling and upcycling.

With this new campaign, Coca-Cola aims to educate consumers about the importance of packaging diversity and the benefits of recycling. One focus is on the bottle-to-bottle cycle. According to current studies, Coca-Cola could save 214,000 tons of new plastic and 60,000 tons of CO2 annually through this cycle.

Closing a production line while investing in new technologies shows that Coca-Cola wants to both respond to consumer needs and advance environmentally friendly solutions. It remains to be seen how these changes will affect the Bad Neuenahr location and the entire industry in the long term.