Container Centralen A/S

1988 The CC Metal plate

In 1988, the first CC labelling operation was carried out. 
All CC Containers were provided with metal plates with the unique CC logo and a text stating the legal ownership of the CC Containers.

• CC Container in use: 200,000

1996 “Operation New Labelling”

“Operation New Labelling” was the second labelling operation in Container Centralen’s history. A safety hologram was placed next to the metal plate on all genuine CC Containers.

• Containers in use: 1.1 million
• Amount of users world wide: app. 12,000

“ID 2000”

Illegal copy containers were increasingly becoming a problem. In 2000, we consequently carried out a labelling operation. Padlocks with bar codes were placed on all CC Containers overnight.

• Containers in use: 1.4 million
• Amount of users world wide: app. 19,000

2003 “Operation Fair Play”

“They take money from your pocket. They create nothing but problems. They have to be stopped!” That was the powerful headline for the fourth labelling action “Operation Fair Play”,  2003. This referred to the aggressive producers of illegal container copies. The previous padlock on the CC Container was exchanged for the black one which we all know today.

• Containers in use: 2.2 million
• Amount of users world wide: app. 20,000

2011 “Operation Chip It!”

“Operation Chip It” is the labelling operation that takes place in the December 2010 / January 2011. By January 10, 2011, all 3.5 million CC Containers must be RFID tagged to be accepted in the CC Pool System.

• Read more about “Operation Chip It”
• Learn what you need to do and when

• Containers in use: 3.5 million
• Amount of users world wide: 23,000