Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has reported that its new technologies for the self-manufacture of lighter PET plastic beverage bottles delivered a reduction in the carbon footprint of each bottle by 22%. This is said to be equivalent to 1700 cars being removed from Sydney roads per year. CCA’s claims are set out in a detailed Corporate Responsibility Report issued this week by the company. The Corporate Responsibility Report ironically coincides with recent financial reporting by CCA that  featured its... ...Read more »

Coca Cola Amatil is expecting to make around A$165 million in profit from the sale of its shares in the joint venture beverage manufacturer Pacific Beverages to other shareholder, multi-national brewer SABMiller. Pacific Beverages brands include Peroni, Miller Genuine Draft and Pilsner Urquell. Coca Cola Amatil expects to record a profit of around A$60 million for 2011, comprising the above-mentioned profit less around A$105 million in the extra costs associated with the restructuring of fruit producer... ...Read more »

Australian soft drinks giant Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has been praised for its new Mount Franklin ‘Easy-Crush Bottle’ – said to be the lightest Australian produced 600ml water bottle.  The bottle came first in the Sustainability category of the 2011 Australian Packaging Design Awards. The Australian Packaging Design Awards (APDA) is an annual run competition for brand owners, designers, retailers, manufacturers. The awards are conducted by the Packaging Council of Australia. Coca-Cola Amatil’s... ...Read more »

Coca-Cola Amatil’s Managing Director Terry Davis has indicated that the company is considering buying the spirits, ready-to-drink mixed spirits and non-alcoholic brands of Australian brewer Foster’s Group Limited. Mr Davis made the announcement at a meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia, held in Melbourne. The brands in questions include Foster’s Cascade brand of soft drinks, its Cougar and Black Douglas spirit brands, as well as its Fiji brewery and distillery. However,... ...Read more »

Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has released its half-yearly financial results for the period ending July 1, 2011. The results show growth of CCA’s business with profits of $234.1 million, an increase of 5.5 per cent on the half-yearly result at this time last year. CCA’s Group Managing Director, Terry Davis said, “I believe that the operating performance in the first half has been solid given the business has had to manage external headwinds, as well as the cycling of a very strong first half result... ...Read more »

Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has confirmed its decision y to close the SPC Ardmona (SPCA) plant in Mooroopna in a statement released today. The company will shift production of premium packaged fruit and vegetable products to its Shepparton and Kyabram facilities. CCA’s board met yesterday, August 8 2011, to discuss the future of the SPCA business. CCA’s Group Managing Director, Terry Davis, said that the decision to “right-size” the brand was a response to the high Australian dollar and increasing... ...Read more »

Coca-Cola Amatil Limited has advised that following December trading, the largest volume and earnings month for the business, it expects to achieve around 10% growth in net profit and 7% growth in EBIT for the 2010 full year. The company said that the impact of the colder and wetter weather across the Eastern seaboard, in particular the flooding in Queensland, would result in EBIT growth of 5 to 5.5% for the second half, below the 7 to 8% previously advised target. However, CCA said that second half... ...Read more »

Coca-Cola Amatil, the Australian-based bottler and distributor for Coca Cola across Oceania, has announced plans to invest A$100 million in Indonesia over three years, doubling the company’s investment in the country. The announcement was made at Coca-Cola Amatil’s annual investor presentation in Indonesia yesterday. “The opportunity for CCA in the Indonesian market is to participate in the growth in the consumption per capita of commercial beverages through increasing theavailability... ...Read more »

Coca-Cola Amatil has hiked the price of their soft drinks by five per cent in an endeavour to protect margins in the face of soaring costs of key inputs like sugar, according to the Australian Financial Review. Australia’s largest soft drink maker is dealing with steady price increases of some of their key resource costs, including sugar and aluminium. The sugar price reached a 29-year high at the beginning of the month but has since retreated a little as markets become more volatile. And CCA... ...Read more »

Coca-Cola Amatil has announced the appointment of Martin Jansen to the role of non-Executive Director, effective immediately. Mr Jansen will take the vacated position of Irial Finan in one of the two board positions reserved for major shareholder The Coca-Cola Company. He is currently the CEO of Coca-Cola China Industries Ltd and also responsible for TCCC’s investment interests in Shanghai. “We are delighted that Martin, with his extensive knowledge and experience of fast moving consumer... ...Read more »