MEG Getränke- und PET-Recycling-Werke als Teil von Schwarz Produktion

MEG

WE QUENCH YOUR THIRST. SUSTAINABLY.

With five national beverage production sites at present, MEG is one of Germany’s leading producers of mineral water and soft drinks. At our three plastic and recycling plants, we recycle used PET bottles to make new ones from them. Since the end of 2023, we have also been producing beverages specifically for the British market at our first international production site, MEG in Derby.

CUTTING-EDGE BEVERAGE PLANTS

We produce a wide range of high-quality beverages for the trading companies of the Schwarz Group, Lidl and Kaufland. Our mineral waters have been awarded with the German Agricultural Society (DLG) Gold Medal. Our more than 25 high-performance filling plants give us the capabilities to respond flexibly and reliably to the requirements of the market. We always keep the environment in mind when producing our mineral waters, sweet drinks and spritzers: our plastic and recycling plants recycle used PET single-use bottles, process them into granulate and turn them into new bottles. This is an essential part of our unique recycling loop.

Energy in a can

Our high-performance filling plants give us the capabilities to produce a wide variety of soft drinks – including energy drinks in cans.

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You’ve got the thirst, we’ve got the refreshment

We keep our eyes on your wishes, taste and well-being at all times. At our cutting-edge production plants in MEG, around 1,500 people work every day to quench the thirst of millions. From mineral waters to soft drinks and sports drinks – we deliver what you need! Our top priority is to ensure a consistently high quality and the reliable delivery of our beverages.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR PRODUCTS ON THE MEG WEBSITE

Sechser-Packs von Wasser werden über ein Förderband befördert

Nahaufnahme von Wasserflaschen auf einem Förderband

Maschinen zur Kunststoffverarbeitung bei der MEG in Roßbach

Säcke mit Material stehen zur Produktion von PET-Flaschen bereit

Werkhalle am Standort MEG Übach-Palenberg

Our sites

MEG WEIßENFELS

The staff at our administrative location in Weißenfels are responsible for a multitude of tasks to support the beverage and plastics locations, including planning production processes, HR and technical investment projects. In addition, the employees there are continuously optimising the MEG production facilities and recycling loop.

Our sites

MEG Leißling

Leißling is MEG’s first location. The mineral spring “Köhlerquelle” was discovered there in 1889 and is the origin of our success story. Today, around 380 employees work to produce soft drinks and mineral water on site.

Our sites

MEG Jessen

The Jessen site has been part of MEG since 2000. The work of the roughly 150 employees at the location focuses on filling still and carbonated mineral water.

Our sites

MEG Löningen

Our plant in Löningen, Germany has undergone an impressive change in recent years. The plant was renovated and expanded between 2012 and 2019 with no interruption to production. The construction of the new facilities means that greater capacities can now be handled. Around 240 people work in Löningen at present. The site has its own state-of-the-art high-bay warehouse.

Our sites

MEG Kirkel

Approximately 150 colleagues from Germany, France, Belgium and other countries work at the MEG site in Kirkel, Germany. They specialise in bottling a wide variety of soft drinks.

Our sites

MEG Wörth am Rhein

Wörth am Rhein is our newest beverage plant. We put it into operation back in 2013. Around 250 people work at the plant at present, producing mineral water and soft drinks. They also fill sweet drinks and energy drinks in cans. The site has its own photovoltaic system since 2021.

Our sites

MEG Roßbach

The site in Roßbach, Germany is where specialists create our bottle preforms. The roughly 130 employees at this plant produce small and large preforms and lids for beverage bottling at MEG. All the preforms for the German market are made from 100% recycled plastic.

Our sites

MEG Neuensalz

In 2011, we acquired the recycling plant in Vogtland, Germany, sounding the starting gun for our recycling loop. The roughly 100 employees there recycle single-use PET bottles to produce clear and coloured PET regranulate.

Our sites

MEG Übach-Palenberg

Our newest plastics plant is located in Übach-Palenberg, Germany. Around 100 employees there make food-grade PET regranulate from PET bottles returned as part of the deposit scheme and process them into new PET preforms. This location was put into operation in 2015 and is setting standards in both sorting and recycling. In 2019, the capacity at the site was extended to recycle even more bottles.

Our sites

MEG DERBY

MEG Derby is our first international production site. The beverage plant has been producing mineral water and soft drinks specifically for the British market since the end of 2023. About 90 employees take care of filling beverages here for Lidl stores in Great Britain.

JOBS AT MEG

Think you’d like to work in our beverage and plastics plants? Then see if you can find the right job for you on our jobs portal.

Initiativbewerber (w/m/d)

MEG Leißling GmbH
Weißenfels

Initiativbewerbung - Technik (w/m/d)

MEG Leißling GmbH
Weißenfels

Instandhalter / Elektroniker / Mechatroniker (w/m/d)

MEG Roßbach GmbH
Roßbach, Raum Halle/Leipzig

Initiativbewerber (w/m/d)

MEG Roßbach GmbH
Roßbach, Raum Halle/Leipzig

MEG sorgt für den PET-Recycling-Kreislauf bei Schwarz Produktion

COMMITTED TO SUSTAINABILITY

In tandem with our trading partners, we have managed to establish our own recycling loop for PET single-use bottles from the bottle deposit scheme, which is completely unique in terms of consequence and scale in the industry. All the soft drink and mineral water bottles that are returned to Lidl and Kaufland bottle deposit machines end up in our recycling loop and are made into new PET preforms in the MEG plastics and recycling plants. For the most part, 100% recycled material is used for the bodies of the bottles, with all our PET bottles for Lidl and Kaufland in Germany made entirely of recycled PET (not including the cap and label) since June 2021. This has enabled us to live up to our responsibility to use natural resources as carefully as possible and promote environmental protection.