Coca-Cola Enterprises officially marked the expansion of its Wilsonville, Oregon, facility today, with a "green ribbon-cutting" ceremony including gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber, Wilsonville Mayor Tim Knapp and members of Coca-Cola Enterprises' senior leadership team.

The company recently consolidated three Northwest area facilities (Tualatin, The Dalles and Woodland, Washington) into its Wilsonville plant. Despite the closures, the consolidation and expansion has helped the company add jobs and reduce their environmental footprint.

By creating additional storage space for the company's products in Wilsonville, the company can ship Dasani water directly from the bottling facility instead of being bottled, shipped to other facilities for storage and then shipped to retailers. This effort will save an average of 112 truckloads and 79,000 truck miles every year.

"The expansion of this existing production facility in Wilsonville and the new Distribution Center here help us to maximize efficiencies in our supply chain and enable us to minimize our environmental footprint as we service our Oregon franchise territory," said Terry Fitch, Vice President and General Manager, West Business Unit, Coca-Cola Enterprises.

The expanded facility also incorporates a number of green features, including some of the most water-efficient bottling lines in the country, which use 1.2 liters of water for every 1 liter of beverages produced. The facility currently recycles 98 percent of its waste and is one of only 10 bottling facilities in the country that recycle 90 percent of waste or more. The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Oregon currently has five hybrid electric trucks in its fleet, each of which represents a 30 percent reduction in fuel consumption, and a reduction in CO₂ emissions of nearly one-third.

Coca-Cola Enterprises has made significant efforts at reducing the impact of its packaging, unveiling the PlantBottle™ in 2009. The bottle is made from 30 percent plant-based plastic and is fully recyclable; the Northwest is currently the only region to bottle all Coca-Cola beverages in the bottles, which are produced at a plant in Fife, Washington.

Coca-Cola Enterprises has adopted and made significant progress in corporate responsibility and sustainability initiatives, including energy conservation/climate change, water stewardship and packaging/recycling. The company is committed to reducing its carbon footprint by 15 percent by 2020, as compared to its 2007 baseline.

About Coca-Cola Enterprises

Coca-Cola Enterprises is the world's largest marketer, distributor and producer of bottle and can liquid nonalcoholic refreshment. CCE sells approximately 80 percent of The Coca-Cola Company's bottle and can volume in North America and is the sole licensed bottler for products of The Coca-Cola Company in Belgium, continental France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco, and the Netherlands. For more information on the company, please visit www.cokecce.com. For more information about CCE's commitment to Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, please visit http://crs.cokecce.com.

About the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Oregon

Headquartered in Wilsonville, the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Oregon has the license or rights from The Coca-Cola Company to produce, sell and distribute their products in our franchise territory, which is primarily all of the State with the exception of the very eastern part of the State (John Day) and the areas around Pendleton and Roseburg. The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Oregon is a division of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

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Coca-Cola Refreshments

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands.

Along with Coca-Cola, recognized as the world's most valuable brand, the Company's portfolio includes 12 other billion dollar brands, including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid, Simply and Georgia. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, juices and juice drinks and ready-to-drink teas and coffees. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy the Company's beverages at a rate of 1.7 billion servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that protect the environment, conserve resources and enhance the economic development of the communities where we operate. For more information about our Company, please visit our website at www.thecoca-colacompany.com.

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