Bottler Sibeg Coca-Cola invests in capex project

Sibeg Coca-Cola, the brushed drinks giant's bottler successful Sicily, is adding a caller logistics installation to its basal successful Catania.

The institution has touted the benefits of automation astatine the caller warehouse, wherever gathering has started.

In a statement, Sibeg Coca-Cola, which held an lawsuit contiguous (7 July) to people the commencement of the project, said the installation would "increase operational efficiency, optimise the absorption of logistics and enactment measurement growth".

The bottler is spending €51m ($58.3m) to physique a warehouse for the automated retention of goods, with a capableness of astir 43,000 pallets. It volition beryllium connected to the existing works astatine the Catania tract done an elevated tunnel.

Sibeg Coca-Cola said the warehouse would automate the travel of earthy materials to the bottling plant's accumulation lines and past determination finished products backmost towards retention and loading ports.

"Investing successful precocious automation means expanding competitiveness and programming capableness but it besides means consolidating a modern, smart, sustainable accumulation infrastructure successful Catania that is acceptable to look the challenges of the coming years," wide manager Luca Busi said.

Set up successful 1960, Sibeg Coca-Cola's Catania works has 8 accumulation lines, handling brands including Coca-Cola, Monster Energy drinks and Acqua di Tepelene water.

The institution said the task should beryllium completed successful July adjacent year, with the warehouse up and moving successful November.

Busi added: "After the aseptic line, the eighth accumulation enactment inaugurated past year, this concern represents a wide and factual concern choice: we proceed to fortify Sibeg Coca-Cola arsenic an precocious accumulation centre successful the southbound [of Italy]."

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