World’s Fastest Canned Drink Production Line Gets Operational in Chengdu-GoChengdu

A world’s fastest canned drink production line imported from the Coca Cola Company by COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd. was put into operation in Chengdu’s Xindu District on May 14.

The line, valued at RMB1.3 billion, can produce 120,000 cans of drinks per hour, with an annual production capacity of 260,000 tons. It is the fastest fully automated production line in the global beverage industry, as well as the Coca Cola Company's only beverage canning line that can simultaneously offer products with different packing specifications. It can customize cans according to customers' demands.

Since the first production line of COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd. went into operation in Xindu in 1999, the total investment of the company in the district has amounted to more than RMB3 billion. In 2019, the company brought three production lines with world leading technologies into Sichuan, with equipment alone worth nearly RMB400 million.

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