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FOOD and beverage group Cadbury Schweppes says it is investigating the possibility of buying bottling machinery from New Age Beverages, the local Pepsi bottler currently in provisional liquidation.
MD David Jackson said the company has forwarded detailes to its UK parent firm to ascertain whether any of its global units are interested in the assets. “Like everyone else I saw the liquidators. I went and had a look at the machinery in case one of our branches overseas might be interested,” Jackson said.
He said there is no local interest in acquiring NAB’s bottling equipment, “we are simply interested in having a look at it for elsewhere in the world. We are a global company”.