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HISTORY<\/p>\n

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Opening of the Cobega FACTORY in La Verneda<\/h3>\n

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HISTORY<\/p>\n

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The initial success of Cobega was so significant that, within little more than a decade, the company outgrew its factory on Carrer dels Almog\u00e0vers in Barcelona, despite successive expansions.<\/h3>\n

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Finally, Santiago Daurella de Rull acquired 28 000 m 2<\/sup> of land in the La Verneda neighbourhood, where construction began on what was to be the largest Coca-Cola bottling plant in Europe and one of the five largest of 2000 in the world.<\/p>\n

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On 22 September 1965, Cobega inaugurated its new factory on Carrer de Guip\u00fazcoa, with 23 113 m2<\/sup> of facilities, an initial bottling capacity of 85 000 bottles per hour on four production lines, a warehouse for 10 million bottles and parking for 400 vehicles.<\/h3>\n

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The inauguration ceremony, a social and media event, was presided over by Santiago Daurella and attended by Coca-Cola\u2019s top management: John Talley and James Farley, president and former president of The Coca-Cola Export Corporation; Alexander Makinsky, Coca-Cola\u2019s vice president of exports and public relations in Europe; Juan Manuel Sainz de Vicu\u00f1a, president of Coca-Cola Espa\u00f1a; and representatives from the rest of the Spanish franchises and those of Belgium, France and Denmark.<\/p>\n

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