PepsiCo has invested USD 137,000 in developing the Training Center at the PepsiCo East Balkans beverage plant in Dragomirești-Deal, near Bucharest. This facility, equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, is designed to provide hands-on training and support the education of future specialists in soft drink production.
Starting March, 2025, a training program will take place here, making employees from PepsiCo East Balkans plants as internal trainers. Upon completing the training, they will be able to provide training sessions for their colleagues, contributing to the improvement of preventive and predictive maintenance, with the goal of enhancing production process efficiency.
Additionally, separate laboratory sessions will be held at the PepsiCo Training Center for students from the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics.
The facility can accommodate up to 20 people at a time and is equipped with various mechanical, electronic, and pneumatic systems, as well as a mini robot used to simulate production processes. Students will have the opportunity to work with equipment that replicates beverage production processes, as well as to explore electrical and automated systems.
Two years ago, PepsiCo invested USD 13 million in a fully automated production line at the Dragomirești-Deal plant. The most advanced line in PepsiCo Europe’s portfolio, it can produce up to 1 million bottles of beverages per day while reducing energy and water consumption by 30%, using 20% less carbon dioxide, and saving approximately 30 tons of plastic annually.