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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners invests USD 27.7m (AUD 39.7m) in Perth can line

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has completed a USD 27.7m (AUD 39.7m) upgrade of its Kewdale plant in Perth, Western Australia, centred on a new can production line. Capacity rises by more than 40 per cent to 16 million cases, about 384 million cans a year, and line speed increases from about 1,060 to 1,500 cans a minute. The line will run around the clock through the summer peak.

Why this mattersAdding 384 million cans a year of filling capacity in Western Australia lifts regional demand for can bodies and ends.

  • Investment of USD 27.7m (AUD 39.7m) at CCEP's Kewdale plant in Perth, Western Australia
  • The new can line lifts manufacturing capacity by more than 40 per cent
  • Capacity reaches 16 million cases, about 384 million cans, a year
  • Line speed rises from about 1,060 cans a minute to 1,500 cans a minute
  • The line will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the peak season
  • Kewdale employs 300 people, including 125 in manufacturing, and is CCEP's fourth-largest Australian plant
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Sources foodprocessing.com.au packagingnews.com.au
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  • 2026-10-14 · Edited before publication: Currency failure: the source is Australian and the amount was carried as a bare dollar figure. Converted at the given rate, AUD 39.7m / 1.433 = USD 27.7m, with the original in brackets throughout. Capacity and speed figures match both sources.
  • 2026-10-14 · Edited before publication: Figures and the AUD 39.7m to USD 27.7m conversion at 1.433 are correct. 'Why this matters' asserted demand accruing to 'local suppliers', which neither source states; rewritten to the supportable consequence. All other fields stand.