terprises (CCE) is set to install a new bottling line at its Wakefield facility, as part of its £13m investment plan.The move forms a part of the company's plans to invest more than £1m a week in its GB operations in 2014.
To date, CCE has invested around £227m in its operations since 2011.
The new line has the capacity to produce Coca-Cola bottle using PET in a range of sizes, at a speed of up to 40,000 per hour.
CCE chairman and CEO John Brock said that 97% of the company's products that are being sold in Great Britain are being made at its six factories in the region.
"We have invested £100m in Wakefield, our largest manufacturing facility, since the Prime Minister last visited us in 2010, boosting its manufacturing capabilities with the most innovative and efficient technologies available," added Brock.
In 2014, CCE has invested £16.5m in a high-speed canning line, which will be installed at its Sidcup site later this year, as well as £3.5m at its Morpeth facility and £2.2m at East Kilbride facility.
