The precursor business to Coca-Cola Amatil in Australia is formed.

Europe welcomes the first Coca-Cola bottling plants to Paris and Bordeaux in France.

The 1920s were a huge time of expansion. The Coca-Cola Company signed contracts with 23 bottlers in Spain in 1920 and distribution began in 1926. Distribution also began in Belgium in 1927 and Germany in 1929.

The Coca-Cola Company set up operations in four additional European territories, including opening a bottling plant in the Netherlands in 1931.

Production of Coca-Cola ceased during the Second World War due to lack of raw materials, so we began making Fanta in Germany instead. Production of Coca-Cola didn't begin again until 1949.

In 1953, The Coca-Cola Company partnered with the Daurella family to create the first bottling plant in Barcelona, Spain. Across the 1950s, The Coca-Cola Company expanded throughout Spain, opening plants in Valencia, Madrid, Tenerife, Palma de Mallorca and Bilbao.  

The World’s Fair takes place in Brussels.
The Coca-Cola Company pavilion features a fully operational bottling plant and all visitors receive a Coca-Cola.

British Tobacco - the precursor to Amatil - listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Throughout the 1970s, The Coca-Cola Company opened bottling plants across Portugal. The first was in Alfragide and was then expanded to Braga, Porto, Estarreja, Coimba, Lisbon, Azeitão and Loulé.

British Tobacco changes its name to Allied Manufacturing and Trade Industries Limited, better reflecting its diversified operations, before becoming AMATIL Limited in 1977.

Diet Coke launches in New York City – the first extension of the Coca-Cola trademark brand. The Coca-Cola Company introduced the product as Coca-Cola Light in France, Norway, Sweden and Germany (and as Diet Coke in Great Britain).

The Coca-Cola Company merges some of its bottling operations with the John T. Lupton franchises and BCI Holding Corp’s bottling holdings – forming Coca-Cola Enterprises, a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.

During the 1990s, Coca-Cola Enterprises started making international acquisitions. The first was in the Netherlands in 1993, with bottling operations in Belgium, Great Britain and France in 1996, followed by Luxembourg and Monaco in 1998 and 1999 respectively.

Coca-Cola bottles are sold in East Germany again following the collapse of the Berlin Wall and Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke GmbH is founded for bottling and distribution in the east of Germany.

Coca-Cola Enterprises and the Johnston Coca-Cola Bottling Group merge, creating a larger, stronger organisation.

Aquarius, which was introduced in Spain and Portugal a year before, becomes the official drink of the Olympic Games in Barcelona.

Officially entered South East Asia with the formation of joint ventures with the Indonesian Tirtalina Group and Pan Java Group.

Coca-Cola Zero makes its debut in the US. It launches in Europe one year later.

All remaining, independent German bottlers merge with Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke AG.

Coca-Cola Iberian Partners is born – following the merger of eight Spanish and Portuguese bottlers and an agreement with The Coca-Cola Company to use the Coca-Cola name.

Agreement to distribute Monster in Australia and New Zealand established.

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Coca-Cola Iberian Partners and Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke merge to become the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler, based on revenue.

Coca-Cola European Partners is listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, a global index tracking the financial performance of leading sustainability-driven companies.

Coca-Cola European Partners announces its joint sustainability action plan This is Forward with The Coca-Cola Company,
outlining sustainability goals to meet by 2025 on drinks, packaging and society.

Coca-Cola European Partners signs the UK Plastic Pact, partners with Loop Industries to purchase 100% recycled plastic and invests in Ioniqa Technologies to support the development of technology for plastic upcycling.

Coca-Cola European Partners is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

All single serve bottles made from 100% recycled plastic in Australia and New Zealand.

Coca-Cola European Partners announces a proposed agreement to acquire Coca-Cola Amatil.

Coca-Cola European Partners complete the acquisition of Coca-Cola Amatil - becoming Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and the world’s largest Coca-Cola bottler.