It’s reported that Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd., its 12 bottling partners and other affiliates of the Coca Cola system in Japan have scheduled to bring in LED lighting for vending machines in product displays for all new purchases of machines for beverage products in cans and PET bottles, starting from 2012.

It was made under the Coca-Cola system's global business guiding principle, "Live Positively," and as part of its environmental initiatives for a sustainable society.

The Coca-Cola system has cooperated with voluntary action plans of the soft drink industry, and through various measures to improve energy-saving functions and the introduction of new technologies, annual power consumption for vending machines has been reduced by approximately 66% over the last 10 years.

With LED lighting, the system is aiming for even greater reduction of electric energy.