Coca-Cola Amatil's Packaging Services Division has opened a new injection moulding and assembly line at its Eastern creek facility for producing a three-part HDPE closure for its Powerade brand, which incorportaes world-first technology.
The launch of the new production line at CCA's Eastern Creek preform and closure plant on 31 August marks a significant step forward in CCA's sustainable packaging commitment, notably its pledge to reducing the volume and variety of plastic content in its beverage containers.
The new Sylon [Mercury] Sports closure is an advancement on the original Mercury closure that CCA previously imported for its Powerade sportsdrink. CCA accounted for one third of the global demand for the Mercury closure, according to CEO Alison Watkins, in her address to the CCA PSD team, business partners and suppliers attending the opening.
Watkins paid tribute to the team at PSD who she said had “found a way to to make the closure here and make it better”.
"This is an Aussie manufacturing success story," she said.
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