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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●   Production lines and equipment for the Andina’s plants;
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●   Returnable containers (Ref PET and glass bottles) and plastic bottle cases;
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●   Cold equipment and other equipment for the point of sale;
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●   Improvements in the management systems;
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●   Machinery to increase efficiency and productive capacity; and
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●   Renewal of part of the trucks and forklifts for industrial and logistics areas.
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Chile

●   Initiation of new OW bottling line (production line 12);
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●   Purchase of land in the commune of Renca to expand operational capacity;
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●   Commencement of nanofiltration and water recovery project for the wastewater treatment plant with the aim of reducing the water ratio; and
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●   Installation of an automatic assembly line for dual-pack and triple-pack soft drink products.
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Paraguay

●   Returnable bottles and plastic cases
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●   Coolers - Cold equipment; and
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●   Finished products warehouse expansion.
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We have budgeted approximately US$240 million for our capital expenditures in 2025, which is expected to be mainly destined to:

●   Opening of new mineral water line and multi-category line in the Duque de Caxias plant in Brazil;
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●   Machinery and infrastructure in the Duque de Caxias plant in Brazil and electrical substation for beer production;
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●   New returnable glass packaging line in Paraguay;
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●   Improvements to the efficiency of water use in Chile and Argentina and compliance with regulations regarding the treatment of industrial water in Chile with the new effluent treatment plant;
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●   Compliance with regulations and process improvement projects in Argentina;
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●   Renewal of the truck fleet in Chile; and
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●   Improvement of our information technologies in our relationship with clients, consumers and internal processes, accelerating digitization with the incorporation of more technological solutions, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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For 2025, we estimate that internally generated funds will finance a large part of our budgeted capital expenditure. Our capital expenditure plan for 2025 may change based on market conditions and how the economy evolves in the countries where we operate.

B.   BUSINESS OVERVIEW
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We are the third largest bottler of Coca-Cola trademark beverages in Latin America in terms of sales volume. We are