Coca Cola opens country's largest bottling plant<\/p>\n
CIBITUNG, West Java (JP): Coca Cola opened yesterday its 11th
\nand largest bottling plant in Indonesia as part of its three-year
\nUS$225 million investment program in the country.<\/p>\n
M. Douglas Ivester of Coca Cola Company said the new plant,
\nthat cost Rp 180 billion (US$72 million), brought the Coca Cola
\nsystem investment in Indonesia to more than $225 million.<\/p>\n
\"And we are not stopping now ... We plan to invest another
\n$225 million in the next three years alone,\" Ivester said at the
\nlaunching of the plant in Bekasi, which was attended by State
\nMinister of Food Ibrahim Hasan and West Java Governor R. Nuriana.<\/p>\n
The plant has an annual production capacity of 65 million
\ncases (including cans and glass bottles). It is owned and
\noperated by PT Coca Cola Amatil Indonesia, which does the
\nbottling and marketing of Coca Cola products in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Ivester described the Cibitung plant as \"the most
\ntechnologically advanced plant anywhere in the 22 countries where
\nCoca Cola Amatil operates.\"<\/p>\n
The Coca Cola system here is run by two companies, Coca Cola
\nIndonesia, which is responsible for the production of cola
\nconcentrate and the promotion of the products, and Coca Cola
\nAmatil Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Coca Cola Indonesia is a branch of Coca Cola International of
\nthe United States, while Coca Cola Amatil Indonesia is a venture
\nbetween Coca Cola Amatil of Australia and the Pan Java partners.<\/p>\n
Drinks under the Coca Cola license include Coca Cola, Diet
\nCoke, Fanta, Sprite, Hi-C tea and Bonaqa packaged drinking water.<\/p>\n
Coca Cola Amatil Indonesia claims it supplies over 400,000
\nretail outlets in the country, ranging from the smallest roadside
\nkiosks to the largest supermarkets.<\/p>\n
Every day in Indonesia, more than five million servings of
\nCoca Cola products are consumed, Ivester said.<\/p>\n
One serving is about eight ounces or an average glass.
\n(oby\/rid)<\/p>",
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