Sidel to install turnkey bottling line in Ethiopia

Sidel, international supplier of liquid packaging solutions to the drinks industry, will install an entire production line at a Moha Soft Drinks industry S.C. site located in Ethiopia.

The new plant, which is about 780 kilometres north of the capital Addis Ababa, will meet the rising demand for carbonated soft drinks (CSD) and water. Previously, supply to the region required trucking of products from Addis Ababa.  The new line will be producing carbonated soft drinks at a rate of 36,000 returnable glass bottles (RGB) per hour.

“We are proud and happy to be working with Moha Soft Drinks once again,” says Clive Smith, Sidel Zone vice president for GMEA (Greater Middle East and Africa). “Moha is highly respected within the Pepsi world and the soft drinks industry in general.  We are also very much looking forward to renewing acquaintances with managing director, Mr Getachew Birbo and his team on this new project - which I am sure will be yet another successful Sidel collaboration with a leading beverage producer."

Moha Soft Drinks Industry S.C was founded in 1996, following the acquisition of four state-owned Pepsi plants by Saudi Arabian-Ethiopian business magnate and the largest foreign investor in Ethiopia, Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi and his wife.  Major brands bottled by Moha include: Pepsi Cola, Mirinda Orange, 7-Up, Mirinda Tonic, Mirinda Apple (all Pepsi Brands), and Kool  bottled water products.

The company has seven operating units in the country: Nifas Silk, TekleHaimanot,Gondarand Dessie plants (acquired from the Ethiopian Privatization Agency) plus the Summit, Bure and the Hawassa plant in the Southern Nations & Nationalities People's Region.

Related newsSOCIETY