According to the African News Agency, Coca-Cola announced the official opening of its world-class bottling facility in Matola Gare, near Maputo, Mozambique.
The plant was built over three years at a cost of a massive $130-million, is the largest green-field facility in Coca-Cola Sabco’s history across its seven-country regional market in Africa. The plant’s 300-ml glass bottling line – capable of bottling 48,000 bottles an hour – is the largest bottling line in Sabco’s regional footprint that includes Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.
Coca-Cola Sabco said the opening of the bottling facility was part of the company’s ongoing investment in world-class manufacturing capabilities on the African continent. Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi said Coca-Cola was one of the first global companies to invest in the country after independence. “We have continued to increase investment in our business in Africa with $17-billion committed across our system for investments in distribution, infrastructure, manufacturing and marketing during this decade,” Kent said. Sabco is 80% owned by Gutsche Family Investments with headquarters in Port Elizabeth.
