Coca-Cola Europacific Partners commits an additional $105.5 million to enhance manufacturing capabilities

The investment will be the biggest single investment ever made in the company’s Australian manufacturing network to deliver more beverages with greater efficiency to more customers.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced plans to invest an additional $105.5 million for a new Warmfill Line at the Moorabbin plant in Victoria, Australia. This substantial investment marks the largest single contribution to the company's Australian manufacturing network, reinforcing its commitment to delivering high-quality beverages with enhanced efficiency to a broader customer base.

The new Warmfill Line that will produce Powerade and Fuze Tea is central to CCEP’s overall ambitions across investment, growth and sustainability in Australia. Sports Drinks are projected to be one of the fastest growing categories in non-alcoholic ready-to-drink (NARTD) in the future as consumers continue to focus on health and wellbeing, particularly in no sugar variants which have experienced significant recent growth.

In response to the increased demand for products from these production lines, the new Warmfill Line upgrade will form part of the existing state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Moorabbin and will boost the capacity of the Warmfill network in Australia, delivering more beverages with greater efficiency to customers across Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia.

Orlando Rodriguez, Managing Director at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Australia said, “By installing a new line in Moorabbin (VIC), we will be able to increase the capacity of the Warmfill network in Australia and continue to distribute more of our great products locally.”

“Our commitment to supporting growth within the sports category is integral to our overall expansion goals, underlining our steadfast belief in this sector. CCEP remains dedicated to continual business investment to increase capacity and enhance efficiency while maintaining a sustainable operation, in line with our growth ambitions,” he continued.

The construction of the new Warmfill line in Moorabbin includes the development of a cutting-edge 4,200 sqm manufacturing hall, installation of a high-speed 640bpm (bottle per minute) Nitro-Warmfill line, and comprehensive upgrades to the existing infrastructure, encompassing water treatment, electrical systems, compressed air, nitrogen dosing, heating & cooling systems, and a syrup room for warmfill product manufacturing.

CCEP is committed to a ‘make it where you sell it’ approach to manufacturing in order to reduce the environmental impact of transporting goods. The new Warmfill Line will mean Powerade and Fuze Tea will be manufactured in Victoria, in addition to existing production lines in Brisbane and Perth, resulting in a reduction in inter-business transportation to get products to customers.   

The new line is expected to reduce inter-business transportation of warmfill products and their raw materials by 2.9 million kilometres annually, resulting in an approximate annual reduction of 3,785 tonnes of CO2.

Local builders, Vaughan Constructions have been appointed and will commence work in August of this year. The full site is expected to be operational in Q1 2026 and the new line will have the capacity to deliver up to 17.8-million-unit cases to the network annually.

This strategic investment accelerates capacity, unlocks innovation and drives CCEP’s sustainability agenda forward. As the proud bottler of Coca-Cola in Australia, CCEP produces many other world-famous drinks including Sprite and Fanta, and local favourites including Kirks and Mount Franklin.