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Visit the City of San Leandro website at www.sanleandro.org <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Coca-Cola® will unveil its fleet of 37 fuel cell <br />forklifts and 19 fuel cell pallet jacks at its San <br />Leandro bottling plant at a ‘green ribbon-cutting’ <br />ceremony today. <br />The company’s goal is to grow its business <br />while keeping its carbon emissions at the <br />2004 baseline. It is working to use more fuel- <br />efficient equipment to bring down fleet <br />emissions: the hydrogen-powered forklifts <br />and pallet jacks will provide more <br />sustainable power when moving product at <br />the 500,000 sq. ft. San Leandro facility. <br />Plug Power has supplied the GenDrive fuel <br />cells, which are designed as drop-in <br />replacements for the lead–acid batteries used in <br />electric lift trucks. They can be refuelled in <br />minutes with hydrogen (supplied at the site by <br />Air Liquide), providing much faster turnaround <br />with a lower infrastructure requirement than <br />battery charging. With this conversion, Coca- <br />Cola is able to eliminate its battery room and <br />open up the valuable floor space for storing and <br />moving product. It says the technology <br />increases productivity by 15% on average and <br />lowers operational costs by up to 30%. <br />“We are dedicated to expanding our AFV <br />[alternative fuel vehicle] fleet and continue to <br />look for innovative ways to move and deliver <br />Coca-Cola products throughout California,” said <br />Rene Hom, Coca-Cola Northwest Region Vice <br />President of Field Operations and Supply Chain. <br />“The addition of hydrogen-powered fork lifts and <br />pallet jacks to our current 125-AFV fleet in <br />California <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />C OCA-C OLA OFFICIALLY UNVEILS ITS F UEL <br />C ELL FORKLIFT F LEET <br /> <br />February 10, 2012 <br />San Leandro, CA <br />