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  • Email: reception.am@cchellenic.com
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  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Austria, Clemens-Holzmeister-Straße 6, Vienna, 1100, Austria
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  • Address: Coca-Cola Beverages Belorussiya FE, Kolyadichi, Minsk District, 223010, Belarus
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  • Phone: +387 332 84 100
  • Email: info.ba@cchellenic.com
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC B-H Sarajevo, Mostarsko raskrsce bb, Hadzici, 71240, Bosnia-Herzegovina
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  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Bulgaria, Coca-Cola Business Center, 8 Racho Petkov Kazandzhiyata Str., Sofia, 1766, Bulgaria
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  • Email: info.hr@cchellenic.com
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Croatia, Milana Sachsa 1, Zagreb, 1000, Croatia
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  • Email: infocy@cchellenic.com
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Cyprus, 66 Kyriacos Matsis Ave., Nicosia, 2409 Engomi, Cyprus
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  • Email: egypt@cchellenic.com
  • Address: 6th District, industrial zone, Nasr city, Cairo, Egypt
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  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Estonia, A.H. Tammsaare tee 92, Tallinn 13423, Estonia
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  • Phone: +302 106 38 1700
  • Email: infoline@cchellenic.com
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Greece, 60 Kifissias ave, Athens, 151 25 Maroussi, Greece
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  • Phone: +36 24 500 500
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Hungary, Nemedi ut 104, Dunaharaszti, H-2330, Hungary
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  • Phone: +390 227 07 71
  • Email: relazioni.esterne@cchellenic.com
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Italia, Piazza Indro Montanelli, 30, Sesto San Giovanni Milano, 20099, Italy
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  • Phone: +383 38 540 690
  • Address: Km 5 ,rr. Prishtine- Shkup, Prishtine, 10000, Kosovo
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  • Phone: +370 5219 9104
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Lithuania, Spaudos str. 6-1, Vilnius, LT- 05132, Lithuania
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  • Phone: +234 127 06 670
  • Email: info.nbc@cchellenic.com
  • Address: Nigerian Bottling Company, Leventis Building, 3rd floor, Iddo House, Iddo PO Box 159, Lagos Nigeria
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  • Phone: +482 251 95 100 / 101
  • Email: infopl@cchellenic.com
  • Address: Coca Cola HBC Poland, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 16, Warsaw 02-092, Poland
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  • Phone: +402 120 21 400
  • Email: relatiiclienti@cchellenic.com
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Romania, Global City Business Park, Building 2, 10, Bucuresti Nord Str., Voluntari, Ilfov, 077190 Romania
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  • Phone: +381 11 30 73 100
  • Email: pr.rs@cchellenic.com
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Serbia, 14-16, Batajnicki Drum str., Zemun, 11080, Serbia
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  • Phone: +386 158 90 400
  • Email: infoslo@cchellenic.com
  • Address: Brnčičeva ulica 41g, 1231 Ljubljana-Črnuče
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  • Phone: +41 (0) 44 835 91 11
  • Email: coca.cola@cchellenic.com
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Switzerland, Thurgauerstrasse 134, 8152 Opfikon, Switzerland
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  • Phone: +380 444 90 0707
  • Email: ccbu@cchellenic.com
  • Address: Coca-Cola Beverages Ukraine, 1, Ukrayinska St, village Velyka Dymerka, Brovary district, Kyiv region, 07442, Ukraine
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Our History

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We have a rich heritage and an exciting future.

From the creation of Coca‑Cola in 1886, and its arrival to the island of Ireland in 1939 to our recognition as an industry leader by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices today.

You can look at our journey below. For more information on the milestones of the Coca-Cola HBC Group, visit our Group site  

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1886

1886

Coca‑Cola was created by John S Pemberton in 1886 and served at Jacob’s Pharmacy. 

By 1895, Coca‑Cola was being sold and consumed in every state in the US.

1899

In 1899 the rights to bottle Coca‑Cola were sold by Asa Candler to Benjamin F Thomas and Joseph B Whitehead of Chattanooga, Tennessee for $1.

1889
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1938

1938

In 1938, local businessman Mr Tom Robinson wrote a letter to the Coca‑Cola Company in London expressing an interest in setting up the franchise in Northern Ireland.

A franchise agreement was signed with the Coca‑Cola Company on 17 April 1939 and the Ulster Iced Drinks Company (UIDC) was formed in Rumford Street, off Belfast's Shankill Road. On 3 May the first case of Coca‑Cola produced in Northern Ireland was sold at a price of four old pence per bottle.

During World War II Robert Woodruff, President of Coca‑Cola made a gesture to the troops stating that 'every man in uniform gets a bottle of Coca‑Cola for 5c wherever he is‘.

Northern Ireland was a strategic base for the repair and servicing of United States aircraft and the almost one million US Serviceman that passed through the base during these war years were refreshed by Coca‑Cola. 

1940s
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1950s

1952

In 1952, Coca‑Cola arrived in the Republic of Ireland, following the set up of the first bottling company, Munster Bottlers of Cork. The plant was officially opened on 9 May by the then Parliamentary Secretary, Jack Lynch, who later became Taoiseach (Prime Minister).

In 1953, a franchise was granted to the Coca‑Cola Bottling Co. Dublin Ltd to serve the Leinster area.

1963

The Ulster Iced Drinks Company changed its name to Coca‑Cola Bottlers Ulster Ltd (CCBU) and began distribution of Fanta Orange in 1963 and Fanta Lemon in 1966.

As a result of these new offerings, production more than doubled and to cope with demand Coca‑Cola Bottling Co. Dublin Ltd moved to a larger premises in Chapelizod.

1964

The Ulster business also brought a new property at Lambeg Co Antrim in 1964  and new production lines were installed at each of the plants in Dublin, Cork and Tuam in 1965. 

The new plant in Lambeg was officially opened by Captain Terence O'Neill, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in 1968. The plant produced Fanta Orange, 7UP and Coca‑Cola, with a production line turning out fifty million bottles per year. Distribution was carried out from warehouses in Ballymoney, Londonderry and Omagh.

1960s
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1970s

1972

The Coca‑Cola Bottling Co. Dublin Ltd was purchased by John Daly Co in 1972 and subsequently Leventis.

Leventis was a company with Nigeria Coca‑Cola bottling operations, and it also bought a share of the Coca‑Cola Bottlers Ulster business. 

In 1978, new equipment and the new production lines went live and the company introduced Lilt to the local marketplace. Plastic bottles (PET) were introduced along with family sized 26oz glass bottles.

1981

In 1981 the Coca‑Cola Bottling Co. moved to a new manufacturing plant at Western Industrial Estate, Naas Road, Dublin 12 and the Lambeg plant was extended by building new warehouse extensions and offices.
 

1983
 
Diet Coke was launched across the island in 1983 and a new PET line was installed for the 1.5 and 2 litre bottles.
 
1986

In 1986, the Leventis company acquired Coca‑Cola Western Bottlers, further consolidating the business across the island of Ireland. 
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1990s

1990

This decade saw further innovations with Sprite launching in Northern Ireland in 1990 and Deep RiverRock still and sparkling in 1994.  

The 1990s also saw an increase in the company’s sponsorship and community support, with major sports sponsorship deals activated and employees became involved in charity fundraising.


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2000
2000

Hellenic Bottling Company SA acquires Coca‑Cola Beverages Ltd to form Coca‑Cola Hellenic Bottling Company SA.

2002

Coca‑Cola HBC is listed on the NYSE. 

 

 

2002
2004

2004

Our first CSR policies are ratified for Human rights, Equality of opportunity, HIV/Aids, Health & Safety, Environment and Quality.

2007


Our new all-island bottling plant opens at Knockmore Hill, a 45-acre site in Lisburn, Co. Antrim. Dublin employees relocated to a new office facility at Huntstown Business Park.

Coca Cola HBC is included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the first time.

Coke Zero, a new member of the Coca‑Cola family, also launched in 2007.

2007
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2008

2008

Dublin employees relocated to a new office facility at Huntstown Business Park.

Coca Cola HBC is included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the first time.

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2010
2010
 
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Visitor Experience at our state-of-the-art plant at Knockmore Hill, Lisburn.

This year, we also initiated distribution of Monster Energy products.

2013

Coca-Cola HBC is listed on the premium segment of the London Stock Exchange.

2013
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2017

2017

Zoran Bogdanovic appointed as CEO.

2019
 
We are recognized with double “A” score by CDP.

The Coca Cola System introduces KeelClip™ paperboard packaging technology in Europe: a first for the Non-Alcoholic Ready-to-Drink (NARTD) industry.

The Coca Cola System introduced KeelClip™ packaging technology on multipack cans in Europe: a first for the NARTD industry.

We launched 100% recyclable PET bottles for Deep RiverRock.

 

2019
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2020

2020

We opened our new canning line at our Knockmore Hill plant with a visit from First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill.                 

We were ranked as world’s most sustainable beverage company by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).

2021

We announce a commitment to achieving net zero emissions across our entire value chain by 2040. 

2021
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2023

2023

The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak MP visits Knockmore Hill.

Our full portfolio produced at our Knockmore Hill moves to 100% recycled plastic (excluding cap and label).

This year, we also opened our dedicated Monster canning line.           

2024

Deposit Return Scheme introduced in Republic of Ireland -  the single biggest change in our industry since the introduction of the first plastic bottle - and a key enabler to achieving NetZeroby40.

2024
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2025

2025

We became the first business on the island of Ireland to transition to renewable biomethane as an alternative energy source. This pioneering investment is helping to significantly reduce our carbon footprint and supports our ambition to build a more circular economy on the island of Ireland.


For the ninth time, we have been ranked as the world’s most sustainable beverage company in the 2025 Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices.

In 2025, Coca-Cola HBC also acquired BDS Vending.