COCA-COLA INDIA LTD

Industrial visit to Hindustan Coca-Cola

Bottling Plant at Bidadi
Institute of Business Management and Research

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25/01/2010

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Table of content

1, Table of content 2

2, Acknowledgement 3

3, introduction 4

4, Report 7

5, Observation 8

6, Conclusion 9
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2, Acknowledgement:
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3, An Introduction about Coca-Cola:

Coca-Cola

Type Cola
Manufacturer The Coca-Cola Company
Country of origin United States
Introduced 1886

Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines
internationally. The Coca-Cola Company claims that the beverage is sold in more than
200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, and is
often referred to simply as Coke (a now generalized trademark) or (in European and
American countries) as cola, pop, or in some parts of the U.S., soda. Originally
intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John
Pemberton, Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose
marketing tactics led Coke to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout
the 20th century.
The company produces concentrate, which is then sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers
throughout the world. The bottlers, who hold territorially exclusive contracts with the
company, produce finished product in cans and bottles from the concentrate in
combination with filtered water and sweeteners. The bottlers then sell, distribute and
merchandise Coca-Cola to retail stores and vending machines. Such bottlers include
Coca-Cola Enterprises, which is the largest single Coca-Cola bottler in North America
and Western Europe. The Coca-Cola Company also sells concentrate for soda
fountains to major restaurants and food service distributors.
The Coca-Cola Company has, on occasion, introduced other cola drinks under the
Coke brand name. The most common of these is Diet Coke, with others including
Caffeine-Free Coca-Cola, Diet Coke Caffeine-Free, Coca-Cola Cherry, Coca-Cola Zero,
Coca-Cola Vanilla, and special editions with lemon, lime or coffee.
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4, Report:
Our visit to HCCBPL Bidadi

We made our debut Industrial visit to Hindustan Coca-Cola Bottling Plant at Bidadi in
the outskirts of Bangalore city. The trip was on 23rd of January 2010. We left our
college in the morning. The plant was about 60 km away from our college. It took us
about an hour and half to reach there. The plant is being built at Bidadi Industrial area
where a lot of other industries are also located.

After reaching the plant we waited for about 10-15 mins to get clearance from the
authorized personnel for our visit. Then we got in, on the way inside we could see
several notices which displayed quality policy of the plant.

A notice displaying their quality policy, which is

“to ensure customer delight, we commit to quality in thoughts, deeds and action
by continually improving our processes”

Next we came across their mission and vision statement

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Mission: We the team of the HCCBPL, Bidadi shall ensure efficient and effective use of
water during beverage manufacturing process in our plant by continually improving the
infrastructure, monitoring and controlling the consumption of water in individual area
and imparting training to our associates.

Vision: Efficiently reduce, re-use, recycle and recharge water as a responsible

corporate citizen.

Right after that all of us were taken into a conference room inside which we were
supplied with a couple of drinks. Then came the quality control official of the plant. Ms
Saudamni gave us presentation with the help of CD player about Coca-Cola Company
as a whole and their operations in India especially in Bangalore and neighboring areas.
She explained us about the basic structure of the plant at Bidadi.

1. The plant occupied an area of about 16 acres of land

2. Currently the number of production lines at the plant was 5 i.e. coke plastic and
Glass Bottle, sprite plastic and finally two lines for maaza & fanta too.
3. The manufacture of maaza was not being done due to the maintenance is going
on
4. A newly installed technically sophisticated production line has been introduced in
the plant having capacity of 600 bottles/minuts. They produce 60000 bottles/day.
5. Coke has 6 brands in India namely Coca-Cola, Fanta, Thumbs up, Sprite, Maaza
and Minute maid Pulpy Orange

After she had explained all these we were taken inside the plant. Upon examining the
production process our self we were amazed to get a lot of information as well as
knowledge about what’s happening inside a real bottling plant of Coke which I have
often as a cool drink.

The Process

a. Water drawn from the premises of the plant had to undergo three layers of
filtering before it was used for the soft-drink manufacture. The first one being
through a layer of activated carbon filter then primary filtering which is a kind
of basic filtering and finally ultra violet filtering.
b. Sugar which is taken only from authorized dealers is then made into the form
of a syrup to be mixed with water at temperatures between 70-80 degree
Celsius to ensure free of germs.
c. The corresponding bottles that are made from a plastic “free form” is washed
thoroughly starts to move along the production line awaiting the chamber in
which the mixture of Carbonated soft-drink [CSD] which includes the primary
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mixture of water with sugar syrup and the secret concentrate is filled into the
bottles.
d. Finally the bottles get sealed and stay in the final segment of production line
at which they are labeled and packed ready for sale.
e. Currently there are two machine running 600 bottles per/min [plastic] and 200
bottles per/min [glass]

To make sure that each and every bottle is perfect before the beverage is put into it
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. makes certain that every bottle goes through a rigorous process
of washing and rinsing. In order to maintain the high standards that have always been
synonymous with that of Coca Cola the bottles are first cleaned with pre-rinse jets of
liquid that makes sure that dirt or dust is removed from the bottles completely. These
bottles are then soaked in liquid in high temperature that further frees them from any
kind of dirt. A deep cleaning pressure spray is then used on the bottles, which is also
known as hydro wash. The cleaning process is finally complete with the cool rinse given
to them before undergoing an electronic inspection.

The mixing and blending process of the beverage takes place when refined sugar is
added to pure water. A formula unique to Coca Cola is then mixed with the blend;
carbon dioxide is then added to the drink in order to give it the fizz that is lacking .The
inside of the bottle has to be pressurized before it is filled with the liquid beverage. Each
bottle is then filled and capped which again ensures that the drink does not lose its
taste. Each bottle is now ready to be labeled. Large rollers, which are part of a special
machine, label every bottle. Proper codes are then given to each bottle and the bottles
go on to be inspected minutely for any glitches that might have taken place. The bottles
are then packaged in cardboard boxes and distributed to several places of the country.
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. supplies great amounts of the beverage and makes sure that
the demands of hundreds and thousands of customers are met each and every day.

Formula
The exact formula of Coca-Cola is a famous trade secret. The original copy of the
formula is held in SunTrust Bank's main vault in Atlanta. Its predecessor, the Trust
Company, was the underwriter for the Coca-Cola Company's initial public offering in
1919. A popular myth states that only two executives have access to the formula, with
each executive having only half the formula. The truth is that while Coca-Cola does
have a rule restricting access to only two executives, each knows the entire formula and
others, in addition to the prescribed duo, have known the formulation process.

5, Observation:
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6, Conclusion:
Around about 1:00 pm we completed our visit and boarded our bus for return. In short
the trip was fun, exciting, informative and useful. We surely would love to go for such
trips in future which we are anticipating highly to happen.