The Coca-Cola plant in Moscow is the first bottler enterprise of a well-known American company in the Russian Federation and one of the largest on the European continent. Production facilities allow you to pour hundreds of types of soft drinks.
Description
In the Soviet Union, Coca-Cola first began its activities in 1980. The famous drink of this company became official at the Moscow Olympics. With the fall of the Iron Curtain during the perestroika years, a representative office was opened in the capital (1991).
The popularity of the products was so obvious that Coca-Cola decided to build a large soda bottling center in Moscow. The opening of the enterprise in 1994 opened a new milestone for the company thanks to a huge new sales market, covering not only the geographical territory of the Russian Federation, but also neighboring partner countries. The address of the Coca-Cola plant in Moscow is 119633, Novoorlovskaya street, 7.
Products
Now in Russia, Coca Cola Hellenic produces and sells more than 400 types of drinks in various packaging. Product range:
- carbonated and non-carbonated drinks;
- kvass;
- juice products.
By the way, the production of juices was established not so long ago after the purchase of the My Family brand. The assortment policy in the segment of juice products involves the production of natural and enriched juices: “Good”, Rich, “Nursery-Sad” (for children from 3 months), Nico BioTime, “My Family” and others.
Production
The production facilities of the Coca-Cola plant in Moscow are designed for bottling beverages. Concentrate, the formula of which is kept with seven seals, is not made in Russia (in the world it is produced by only 5 enterprises).
The process begins in the water treatment plant, where ordinary tap water passes through a multi-level filter system. Quality at the exit is controlled by automatic machines.
In a blowing unit, small preform flasks under pressure reaching 40 atmospheres, and at a temperature of 240 ° C, turn into finished plastic bottles of a given volume. Moreover, from the same preform can blow out both a two-liter and a half-liter plastic containers.
The main action takes place in a sterile blending department. Here, prepared water, concentrate and syrup are mixed in predetermined proportions. 1 liter of concentrate is enough to get more than 6 liters of the finished drink. Here, carbon dioxide saturation occurs.
Then the “endless string” of bottles enters the bottling, labeling and packaging lines. Containers with drinks are sent to a huge warehouse, from where products from the Coca-Cola plant in Moscow are distributed in all Russian regions.
At first glance, production seems straightforward. Meanwhile, the enterprise has introduced the most advanced (as far as possible) systems of management, control, and information processing. The production lines are kept perfectly clean. Every day, plots, according to the schedule, undergo sanitation.
Special sensors detect microdefects, bumps, burrs on bottles, the marriage is eliminated. The system also controls the cleanliness of both the packaging itself and the drinks. An advanced video monitoring system has been introduced in the workshops. Smart technology with the help of IP cameras not only captures what is happening, but also recognizes the faces of specific workers, determines by the movements of the personnel what operation they perform and whether it is carried out correctly.
Social politics
Coca-Cola is an ongoing participant in social and environmental projects. Significant funds are allocated for charity projects, contests and entertaining and educational events are regularly held.
Fascinating pastimes are excursions to the Coca-Cola plant in Moscow. Visitors (usually schoolchildren) can see with their own eyes the mesmerizing process of turning concentrates into your favorite drinks. Their tasting will be a pleasant addition.
Modernization
Coca Cola Hellenic closely monitors sanitary safety. The Moscow plant supplemented the production water treatment system with a hydro-optical disinfectant. The new line purifies the prepared water from microbiological contamination by 99.99%. In addition, the equipment allowed the plant to significantly reduce the cost of resources and time for the regeneration of carbon filters. The hydro-optical disinfection principle has obvious advantages over alternative water treatment technologies in the food industry.
The new technology used at the Coca-Cola plant in Moscow has distinctive features. The system is equipped with special high-intensity sources of ultraviolet radiation. They are placed behind a thick quartz glass outside the water tank (reactor). Thanks to this convenient placement, the water near the glass walls heats less, resulting in less scale, the viewing windows become less polluted.
The electronic filling of the disinfection unit is removed from the water channel and mounted as a separate unit. This makes it easy to replace spent UV sources.