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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. To achieve a vertical start up, we trained the operation team in a learning center in Brazil. We are enthusiastic with this new capacity of the Renca facility as we believe it will allow us to cover the demand increase in the long term and to be more productive in the short term. 
In 2024, Andina Brazil consolidated its position as the most relevant supplier for other Brazilian KO franchises over a wide variety of categories, delivering over 29 MUCs of SSDs, energy drinks, sports drinks, juice, mineral water and ARTDs. The Jacarepaguá plant, on the other hand, served as a relevant supplier for tea beverages and SSDs reaching 3.2 MUC in 2024, while the Duque de Caxias mineral water sources contributed an additional 1.0 MUCs. Notably, Andina’s expansion of the Duque de Caxias plant into a multicategory facility is underway, with Phase 1 expected to be completed in the first half of 2025. In logistics, Andina Brazil has upgraded its forklift fleet to include 85 new units, including 30 electric-powered models. 

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In Argentina, in 2024, investments continued in equipment acquisitions and adaptations to the bottle park. This year, we successfully transitioned all our returnable bottles to “multi-product labelable bottles” by replacing the permanent ACL label with the OW label. This optimization reduced packaging volume, increased flexibility for formula changes, expanded our flavor portfolio, and ensured compliance with the new Labeling Law regulations. Additionally, we continued installing equipment, making adaptations, and fine-tuning processes for the full-scale production of seed-based products for the entire Coca-Cola system in Argentina, as well as for export to neighboring countries, with five validated Tetra Pak lines. We also inaugurated and launched production on a new returnable bottles line in Mendoza and reopened our plant in Godoy Cruz, which now features a modern and innovative returnable bottles production line. This strategic investment, aligned with the economic landscape and evolving consumer needs, allows us to reduce logistics costs and our carbon footprint. 
In Paraguay during the year 2024, we initiated a project to expand the storage and use of fructose, aiming to reach a projected total of 500 tons of storage by 2025. This allows us greater flexibility in the use of sweeteners in our products. On the other hand, we began construction on a facility that will house a new bottling line for return