Industrial Visit to Moon Beverages Limited
(Coca-Cola Plant)
4th August 2017
An industrial visit to Moon Beverages Limitedwas organized by the DGI SAEINDIA Collegiate Club on 4th August 2017. Mr. Ajay Chaubey, Assistant Professor along with 24 students of 3rd Year from Department of Mechanical Engineering visited the unit.
Upon arrival at Moon Beverage, students were welcomed by Mr. Sourabh Kumar, Marketing Head of the company and were guided to the Conference Room where an introduction of the company was presented.
Mr. Kumar said that Moon Beverages started with manufacturing of soft drinks THUMS UP, LIMCA, MAAZA, RIMZHIM, BISLERI, GOLD SPOT under arrangement with Parle. However in 1994 the company became the authorized bottler of Coca Cola Atlanta, USA and started manufacturing and distribution of Coca Cola, Limca, Sprite, Maaza, Thumps UP, Fanta, Minute Maid, Coke Zero & Kinley.
Mr. Kumar further said that the company is first of its kind in:
- Getting Green Building Certification
- In installing a SPK CAN Line with flexibility to produce both SLIM and SLEK Cans
- In launching multi packs of can, 600ml pet and Pocket Tetra
- Getting accreditation as the Number one Plant in the QSE Index
He also briefed the students about:
- Line Capacity
- Products
- Pack Size and the number of Employees working at the unit.
Students saw the set of Clean in Process (CIP), Filling and Packaging division of the bottling plant.
It was a good learning experience for the students where "see and know" concept helped the students learned many nuances of a production unit.