East Africa Bottling S.C. announced it is going to replace two of its production lines which are found in Addis Ababa at a cost of U.S $ 30 Million.

East Africa is undertaking aggressive expansion works which it called 2020 vision. The whole project is anticipated to double the production capacity of the current lines and cost the company U.S $ 500 Million.

The two lines that are announced to be replaced will be brand new lines with the latest technology. Commenting on this CEO of the company, Xavier Selga, said the new lines will use less energy and have greater efficiency with minimal environmental impact.

East Africa has already built two additional lines in Addis Ababa out of which one is dedicated to packaging the company’s products in plastic bottles. It is these two lines that raised East Africa’s number of production lines in Addis Ababa to five.

Replacement work has also been carried out by the company at it’s two of production lines in Dire Dawa. This is said to have enabled the company to increase its production from two million cases to seven million cases.

According to Selga East Africa is on the process of constructing a plant in Bahir Dar, which will be its third plant, at the cost of U.S $ 20 Million. He further noted, his company is waiting to officially inaugurate its new water product, Dasani, which it has already introduced.

Source: Fortune