The new investments are a part of Coca-Cola’s three-year $2bn accelerated investment in China, and the latest phase of the company’s long-term commitment to its business in China. The investment is also aligned with the government’s call to develop the central and western areas of the country.
The plants in Hohhot in Inner Mongolia, Luohe in Henan Province and Sanshui in Guangdong Province will locally produce beverages such as Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta and Minute Maid.
The bottling plant in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, is the 41st Coca-Cola bottling plant in China. It will be the largest Coca-Cola production facility in China and will begin production in November 2010. The Sanshui plant is also scheduled to commence production by the end of 2010.
These new facilities will augment Coca-Cola’s strategic footprint in China, with the Luohe investment alone worth 900m RMB. The three plants together will directly create 2,000 additional new jobs in the local communities and approximately 20,000 additional indirect employment opportunities in the supporting industries.
In addition to the new world-class bottling facilities in China, Coca-Cola is also a global partner of the World Expo in Shanghai. The company has already served more than 70m servings to Expo visitors and working staff, and has greeted more than one million visitors to the ‘Coca-Cola Happiness Factory’ pavilion in the Expo Park.
Source: The Coca-Cola Company
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