NOTE 10 — PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

10.1Balances

Property, plant and equipment are detailed below at the end of each period:

	Property, plant and equipment, gross		Cumulative depreciation and impairment				Property, plant and equipment, net
Item	12.31.2017	12.31.2016	12.31.2017		12.31.2016		12.31.2017	12.31.2016
	ThCh$	ThCh$	ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$	ThCh$
Construction in progress	84,118,716	49,986,111	—		—		84,118,716	49,986,111
Land	96,990,155	91,961,876	—		—		96,990,155	91,961,876
Buildings	222,101,850	230,355,844	(59,716,002	)	(57,282,683	)	162,385,848	173,073,161
Plant and equipment	431,876,945	453,359,655	(276,043,865	)	(262,957,030	)	155,833,080	190,402,625
Information technology	20,697,750	19,683,777	(16,070,425	)	(13,560,865	)	4,627,325	6,122,912
Fixed facilities and accessories	32.990.387	32,616,284	(13,400,510	)	(12,150,171	)	19,589,877	20,466,113
Vehicles	52,587,886	44,629,827	(23,324,621	)	(20,733,402	)	29,263,265	23,896,425
Leasehold improvements	115,768	734,100	(108,355	)	(543,577	)	7,415	190,523
Other Property, plant and equipment (1)	395.823.718	397,539,405	(288,888,898	)	(287,488,266	)	106,934,818	110,051,139

Total	1,337,303,175	1,320,866,879	(677,552,676	)	(654,715,994	)	659,750,499	666,150,885

(1)

Other Property, plant and equipment is composed of bottles, market assets, furniture and other minor assets.

The net balance of each of these categories is detailed as follows:

Other Property, plant and equipment	12.31.2017	12.31.2016
	ThCh$	ThCh$
Bottles	51,876,569	64,020,146
Marketing and promotional assets	42,798,282	38,834,104
Other Property, plant and equipment	12,259,967	7,196,889

Total	106,934,818	110,051,139

The Company has insurance to protect its Property, plant and equipment and its inventory from potential losses. The geographic distribution of those assets is detailed as follows:

Chile	: Santiago, Puente Alto, Maipú, Renca, Rancagua y San Antonio, Antofagasta, Coquimbo and Punta Arenas.
Argentina	: Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Córdoba y Rosario, Bahía Blanca, Chacabuco, La Pampa, Neuquén, Comodoro Rivadavia, Trelew, and Tierra del Fuego
Brazil	: Río de Janeiro, Niteroi, Campos, Cabo Frío, Nova Iguazú, Espirito Santo, Vitoria, part of São Paulo and Minas Gerais.
Paraguay	: Asunción, Coronel Oviedo, Ciudad del Este and Encarnación.

10.2Movements

Movements in Property, plant and equipment are detailed as follows:

	Construction in progress		Land	Buildings, net		Plant and equipment, net		IT Equipment, net		Fixed facilities and accessories, net		Vehicles, net		Leasehold improvements, net Leasehold improvements, net		Other, net		Property, plant and equipment, net
	ThCh$		ThCh$	ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$
Opening balance at January 1, 2017	49,986,111		91,961,876	173,073,161		190,402,625		6,122,912		20,466,113		23,896,425		190,523		110,051,139		666,150,885
Additions	89,392,003		4,955,929	1,674,734		4,992,508		945,827		(4,161	)	1,512,162		13,529		44,451,636		147,934,167
Disposals	—		—	(300,079	)	(700,973	)	(1,062,530	)	—		(173,190	)	—		(790,242	)	(3,027,014	)
Transfers between items of Property, plant and equipment	(41,957,409	)	—	3,450,060		24,250,647		1,133,684		2,548,441		2,253,061		—		8,321,516		—
Depreciation expense	—		—	(5,880,770	)	(36,026,939	)	(2,190,107	)	(2,112,681	)	(5,303,332	)	(61,033	)	(45,746,096	)	(97,320,958	)
Increase (decrease) due to foreign currency translation differences	(13,319,346	)	72,350	(9,538,737	)	(20,492,851	)	(320,634	)	(1,307,835	)	7,441,057		(34,272	)	(7,670,229	)	(45,170,497	)
Other increase (decrease) (1)	17,357		—	(92,521	)	(6,591,937	)	(1,827	)	—		(362,918	)	(101,332	)	(1,682,906	)	(8,816,084	)

Total movements	34,132,605		5,028,279	(10,687,313	)	(34,569,545	)	(1,495,587	)	(876,236	)	5,366,840		(183,108	)	(3,116,321	)	(6,400,386	)

Ending balance at December 31, 2017	84,118,716		96,990,155	162,385,848		155,833,080		4,627,325		19,589,877		29,263,265		7,415		106,934,818		659,750,499

(1)

Mainly correspond to property, plant & equipment write-offs.

	Construction in progress		Land	Buildings, net		Plant and equipment, net		IT Equipment, net		Fixed facilities and accessories, net		Vehicles, net		Leasehold improvements, net		Other, net		Property, plant and equipment, net
	ThCh$		ThCh$	ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$

Opening balance at January 1, 2016	34,625,004		86,898,529	159,474,930		203,379,934		4,320,656		22,306,759		18,106,705		274,945		111,142,410		640,529,872
Additions	70,421,863		1,248,433	1,201,903		9,833,490		2,666,593		161,395		338,986		—		38,923,620		124,796,283
Disposals	—		—	(4,598	)	(601,444	)	—		—		(3,473	)	—		(54,861	)	(664,376	)
Transfers between items of Property, plant and equipment	(53,824,861	)	1,643,038	15,471,645		16,202,982		1,062,653		1,709,635		9,015,390		—		8,719,518		—
Depreciation expense	—		—	(5,335,475	)	(35,568,436	)	(1,910,731	)	(2,456,511	)	(4,622,348	)	(112,805	)	(44,120,837	)	(94,127,143	)
Increase (decrease) due to foreign currency translation differences	(1,235,895	)	2,171,876	2,792,916		(1,266,728	)	29,148		(1,254,915	)	1,783,041		28,383		(3,322,005	)	(274,179	)
Other increase (decrease) (1)	—		—	(528,160	)	(1,577,173	)	(45,407	)	(250	)	(721,876	)	—		(1,236,706	)	(4,109,572	)

Total movements	15,361,107		5,063,347	13,598,231		(12,977,309	)	1,802,256		(1,840,646	)	5,789,720		(84,422	)	(1,091,271	)	25,621,013

Ending balance at December 31, 2016	49,986,111		91,961,876	173,073,161		190,402,625		6,122,912		20,466,113		23,896,425		190,523		110,051,139		666,150,885

(1)

Mainly correspond to property, plant & equipment write-offs.

	Construction in progress		Land		Buildings, net		Plant and equipment, net		IT Equipment, net		Fixed facilities and accessories, net		Vehicles, net		Leasehold improvements, net		Other, net		Property, plant and equipment, net
	ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$		ThCh$

Opening balance at January 1, 2015	25,522,059		76,957,848		172,058,447		253,238,833		4,821,856		25,055,547		16,169,783		446,120		138,804,792		713,075,285
Additions	59,639,751		17,987,524		104,132		9,184,539		285,838		—		105,804		—		23,668,047		110,975,635
Disposals	—		—		(16,277	)	(228,309	)	(245	)	—		(4,917	)	—		(84,020	)	(333,768	)
Transfers between items of property, plant and equipment	(46,527,488	)	—		10,132,100		9,853,256		1,583,502		1,371,016		8,868,154		5,993		14,713,467		—
Depreciation expense	—		—		(5,069,161	)	(35,294,090	)	(1,879,341	)	(2,512,958	)	(3,967,423	)	(87,523	)	(49,139,913	)	(97,950,409	)
Increase (decrease) due to foreign currency translation differences	(4,009,318	)	(8,046,843	)	(17,496,868	)	(29,405,268	)	(469,797	)	(1,606,846	)	(2,918,202	)	(89,645	)	(16,283,975	)	(80,326,762	)
Other increase (decrease) (1)	—		—		(237,443	)	(3,969,027	)	(21,157	)	—		(146,494	)	—		(535,988	)	(4,910,109	)

Total movements	9,102,945		9,940,681		(12,583,517	)	(49,858,899	)	(501,200	)	(2,748,788	)	1,936,922		(171,175	)	(27,662,382	)	(72,545,413	)

Ending balance at December 31, 2015	34,625,004		86,898,529		159,474,930		203,379,934		4,320,656		22,306,759		18,106,705		274,945		111,142,410		640,529,872