Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Installs Osaka Kansai Expo Support Vending Machine With New Wrapping Design at Expo ‘70 Commemorative Park
Installing at the site of Expo 1970 Expo to further build momentum for the 2025 event

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc. installed on December 19、2022 an Osaka Kansai Expo Support Vending Machine*1 with a new wrapping design in the Expo ‘70 Pavilion *2 at Expo ‘70 Commemorative Park (hereinafter “Expo Park”) in Suita, Osaka, in order to build further momentum for the Japan World Exposition (hereinafter “Osaka Kansai Expo”) to be held in 2025.

New wrapping design for Osaka Kansai Expo Support Vending Machines at the Expo Park

A share of the proceeds from the Osaka Kansai Expo Support Vending Machine will be donated to the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition in support of the initiatives that will build momentum leading up to the Osaka Kansai Expo. The new wrapping design depicts the ID, which is one of the elements of the Expo 2025 Design System that represents the lives of individuals, on the front and sides of the vending machine, in an effort to dynamically rouse interest in the theme of the Osaka Kansai Expo, "Designing Future Society for Our Lives.”

We provided Coca-Cola at the 1970 Osaka Expo held in what is now Expo Park. With the cooperation of Osaka Prefecture, the owner of the park, and Expo Park Management Partners (BMP)*3, the park's designated administrators, the support vending machines with the new wrapping design will be deployed from Expo Park where the 1970 Osaka Expo was held, a place loved by the people of the Kansai region ever since, as part of our efforts to further build momentum for the Osaka Kansai Expo.

The new wrapping Osaka Kansai Expo Support Vending Machines will be rolled out throughout Japan by the entire Coca-Cola system, including CCBJI and other bottler companies. 

【Installation Ceremony】
A ceremony was held on December 19 at Expo Park to commemorate the installation of the Osaka Kansai Expo Support Vending Machine with the new wrapping design.
 

From left to right: Mr. Yoshimasa Sakai, Director General of the Momentum Fostering Bureau of the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
Shinji Ogawa, Head of the CCBJI Business Development Sales Dept., Commercial Division
Mr. Osamu Kanesaki, Deputy Secretary General of the Osaka Prefecture Japan World Exhibition ‘70 Commemorative Park Office
Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot character for the Osaka Kansai Expo

*1 About the Osaka Kansai Expo Support Vending Machines
CCBJI began the deployment of these vending machines in July 2022 with the aim of helping to build momentum for the Osaka Kansai Expo, and 380 units have been installed as of the end of November 2022. A portion of the proceeds from these machines will be donated to the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition in order to fund initiatives that will build momentum leading up to the Osaka Kansai Expo.
News Release: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Installs First Osaka Kansai Expo Support Vending Machine

*2 About the Expo ‘70 Commemorative Park (Expo Park) & the Expo ‘70 Pavilion
Expo Park was built on the site of the 1970 Osaka Expo, and features cultural facilities, such as the Tower of the Sun, alongside the sports and recreation facilities built in harmony with nature. The Expo '70 Pavilion is a commemorative museum housed in the former Steel Pavilion, an exhibition facility for the 1970 Osaka Expo. It exhibits some 3,000 items from that period.
https://www.expo70-park.jp/

*3 About the Expo Park Management Partners (BMP)
BMP manages and operates the Expo '70 Commemorative Park as its designated administrator. BMP is a cooperative entity consisting of nine companies: Yoshimoto Kogyo Holdings Co. Ltd. (Representative Corporation), Yoshimoto Kogyo Co. Ltd., Mitsui & Co. Foresight Co. Ltd., JTB Corporation, JTB Communication Design, Inc., Keihan Holdings Co. Ltd., Keihan Gardening Co. Ltd., Hakuhodo Inc., & Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc.

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