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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Beverages 11.07 - Manufacture Of Soft Drinks; Production Of Mineral Waters And Other Bottled Waters
420 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
1 October 2024
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2025
Foreseen end date
31 January 2025
Description
As announced on 01 October 2024, the beverage manufacturer Coca-Cola plans to close five production and logistics sites in Germany over the course of 2025, resulting in 500 job cuts.
200 jobs will be relocated to other sites in Germany, and 80 new positions will be created. The affected locations are in Cologne, Neumünster, Berlin-Hohenschönhausen, Bielefeld, and Memmingen. These sites belong to Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, which is responsible for bottling, sales, and distribution of beverages in Germany. The closures are intended to increase capacity utilisation at other sites in Germany and make production more efficient.
The company employs 6,500 people in Germany across 27 locations.
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