A Leicestershire firm has helped Harmless open what’s being known as the earth’s most sustainable wholesome drinks manufacturing unit.
Kegworth-based foods and drinks mission supply specialist Integrated Food Projects labored with the smoothie and juice model to arrange the brand new £200 million manufacturing unit – known as the Blender – within the Port of Rotterdam, within the Netherlands.
Manufacturing has now began, with the manufacturing line able to making as much as 300 million litres in a year.
Strategically positioned for harmless’s UK & European market, the Rotterdam web site has allowed Harmless – which is a part of the Coca-Cola Company – to deliver its operations largely in-house and drive its personal manufacturing carbon footprint.
Harmless says the brand new manufacturing unit incorporates applied sciences to scale back and reuse pure assets, topped up by vitality from its personal photo voltaic panels and wind generators.
Andy Tebbutt, joint managing director at Built-in Meals Initiatives, stated they labored with Harmless to put sustainability on the coronary heart of the mission from day one – from planning to design, by way of to the construct and operational working of the manufacturing unit.
Mr Tebbutt stated: “We’ve got been working alongside harmless on the blender since 2018, and it’s unbelievable to see the primary completed drinks being produced, bottled and shipped from the manufacturing unit.
“Sustainability has been a focus of the blender since day considered one of planning, and what has been achieved on the manufacturing unit actually does recalibrate the business commonplace for what might be achieved in sustainability inside the foods and drinks manufacturing sector.”
Andy Joynson, director of web site operations at Harmless stated: “The group at Built-in Meals Initiatives has been integral to the success of the mission.
“Alongside engineering experience, they introduced their huge expertise of delivering sustainable factories to assist decide the place the manufacturing unit needs to be constructed, the strategies and gear used and in the end, the way it ought to function sustainably.
“The Blender is a crucial first step in attaining our bold goal of harmless being a totally carbon impartial enterprise by 2025.
“Lowering our influence on the atmosphere and dependence on pure assets is the accountability of each enterprise that works within the foods and drinks manufacturing sector.
“We consider the Blender is a shining instance of what might be achieved, and as such we’re dedicated to inspiring different companies by sharing our data and expertise of constructing sustainable factories.”