Company: AKO-B
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000473
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Company: ANDINA BOTTLING CO INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
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 spring and summer (October through March), with the exception of nectar products, which have a slightly higher sales volume during the South American winter and autumn (April through September).
Packaging
Overview
Through Envases CMF S.A. in Chile (50% owned by Andina and 50% owned by Embonor), and AEASA in Argentina we produce PET bottles in both returnable and non-returnable formats, preforms and plastic caps. On average, returnable PET bottles can be used up to 12 times. Non-returnable PET bottles are produced in various sizes and are used by a variety of soft drink producers and, in Chile, also by producers of food, wine, home care and personal hygiene products.
Sales
In 2024, total sales of AEASA reached Ch$34,201 million, of which Ch$15,127 million corresponded to sales to EDASA, Ch$4,109 million corresponded to sales to other related companies of the group and Ch$14,965 million corresponded to sales to third parties.
Competition
AEASA is the supplier of returnable bottles, preforms, plastic caps and cases for Coca-Cola Bottlers in Argentina, also supplying some formats to Coca-Cola bottlers in Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. In Argentina, we compete principally with Alpla S.A. and Amcor.
CMF, Sinea and Syphon are the suppliers of PET resin raw materials, returnable containers and preforms, as well as a main supplier of caps, cases and other plastic resin inputs. In Chile there are few suppliers of these inputs; the other supplier with similar production capacities is Plasco S.A., which manufactures mainly for ECUSA, the Pepsi bottler in Chile.
Raw Materials and Supplies
The main raw materials used in the production of Coca-Cola soft drinks are concentrate, sweetener, water and carbon dioxide gas. Production also requires glass and plastic bottles, bottle caps and labels. Water used in soft drink production is treated for impurities and adjusted for taste reasons. All raw materials, especially water, are subjected to continuous quality control.
Chile
Soft Drinks: Main suppliers of raw materials for the production of soft drinks:

●   Concentrate: Coca-Cola de Chile S.A.
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●   Sweeteners (Sugar/Fructose): Iansa Ingredientes S.A., Sucden Chile S.A. and Comercializadora de Productos Panor Ltda.
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●   Preform plastic containers: Envases CMF S.A.