Princes completes £40m factory revamp

LIVERPOOL-headquartered food and drink group Princes has completed a £40m redevelopment project at its soft drinks factory in Bradford.
 
The investment has seen Princes introduce a series of improvements to the site, which includes more than 31,000 sq ft of new warehouse and production facilities to increase capacity at the 101,000 sq m site.

Work began on the Bradford site, which employs over 300 people and produces more than 400 million bottles of fruit squash and carbonated soft drinks every year, in autumn 2012.

A new warehouse was built on site which now houses all of the soft drinks produced before they are sent to supermarkets, convenience stores and wholesalers across the country, reducing the risk of transportation damage to products and meaning fewer trucks on public roads.

Princes has also invested in a new central syrup manufacturing facility which blends ingredients for the squash and carbonated drinks produced at the site, along with a new effluent treatment plant.

Ruth Simpson, corporate relations director at Princes, said: “This investment reflects Princes’ commitment to ensuring all of our sites make efficient use of the resources available and reduce waste. It ensures that the Bradford site maintains its status as one of the leading soft drinks production sites in the UK.”