(AFP / KAREN BLEIER)
The French bottler of the famous soda, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) France, will increase by 32 million euros its plan to modernize its Grigny factory in Essonne and will eliminate positions on its Clamart site, in Hauts-de-Seine, he announced Thursday.
In May 2023, the entity, which produces, bottles and markets the American giant’s soft drinks in France, had already announced an initial commitment of 114 million euros to “increase the storage capacity” of its site built in 1986, its largest in the territory.
Once the work is finalized, the Grigny factory will absorb the production of another CCEP site, that of Clamart, the entity’s oldest in France.
The transfer of activities and 106 positions is planned for the end of 2025. The Clamart site will then be closed and 47 positions will be eliminated.
Management promises to use internal mobility and voluntary departures “to limit the consequences” of this plan for employees.
This new investment of 32 million euros will aim in particular to install a production line for glass bottles intended to be returnable, “the fastest and most flexible in France”, promises CCEP.
It will make it possible to bottle still and carbonated drinks, in different container sizes, from 25 or 33 centiliter bottles available in cafes and restaurants up to the one liter bottle.
“This tool would respond to the challenge of developing a true circular economy for packaging in the leading French consumption area,” the company hopes in a press release.
CCEP employs 2,500 people in France, and has five factories in the country. The Coca-Cola Company group is one of the entity’s shareholders.