US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola is to close five production and logistics sites in Germany over the next year. Plants in Cologne, Neumünster, Berlin, Bielefeld and Memmingen are affected, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP). The company is responsible for bottling, selling and distributing the Coca-Cola’s products in Germany. A total of 505 jobs are to be lost, while 207 will be relocated to other sites and 78 new positions will be created. In Cologne, where Coca-Cola operates a production and logistics site with around 600 employees, production i…