Coca-Cola South Africa

Coca-Cola South Africa has opened a state-of-the-art plant to bottle Valpré Spring Water in Heidelberg, southeast of Johannesburg, introducing the environmentally friendly PlantBottle packaging to the African market for the first time.

Selected for its close proximity to markets and distribution sites in the Guateng region, and a similar source water profile as Valpré's, the new plant will help Coca-Cola meet the needs of the increasing demand for bottled water.

Empowering women

In addition to the environmental aspects of the plant and the new PlantBottle, the Heidelberg plant is run by a team of black women operators. In 2010, Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent announced the company's "5 BY 20" campaign to empower five-million women by 2020. This is one of several programs in South Africa to meet this challenge."When we set out in 2009 to build this state-of-the art plant, we did so with the goal of ensuring that the plant reinforced The Coca-Cola Company and Valpré Spring Water stand for … unwavering quality and commitment to the sustainability of our environment and communities," said Coca-Cola South Africa president Bill Egbe.

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