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Brings Back The Fizz To India
Coca-Cola, the corporate nourishing the global community with the worlds
largest selling soft drink concentrates since 1886, returned to India in
1993 after a gap of 16 years giving a new thumbs up to the Indian Soft Drink
Market. In the same year, the Company took over ownership of the nation's
top soft-drink brands and bottling network. No wonder, our brands have assumed
an iconic status in the minds of the consumers.
 Dr. John Stith Pemberton for the first time produced the syrup for Coca-Cola on May 8, 1886 |
A Healthy Growth To The Indian Economy
Ever Since, Coca-Cola India has made significant investments to build and
continually consolidate its business in the country, including new production
facilities, waste water treatment plants, distribution systems and marketing
channels.
Coca-Cola India is among the countrys top international investors, having
invested more than US$ 1 billion in India within a decade of its presence
and further pledged another US$ 100 million in 2003 for its operations.
A Pure Commitment to The Indian Economy
The Company has not only shaked up the Indian carbonated drinks market,
and given consumers the pleasure of world-class drinks to fill up their
hydration, refreshment & nutrition needs but has also been instrumental
in giving an exponential growth to job opportunities.
Creating
Enormous Job Opportunities
With virtually all the goods and services required to produce and market
Coca-Cola being made in India, the business system of the Company directly
employs approximately 6,000 people, and indirectly creates employment for
more than 125,000 people in related industries through our vast procurement,
supply and distribution system.
The vast Indian operations comprises 25 wholly-owned- company-owned
bottling operations and another 24 franchisee-owned bottling operations.
That apart, a network of 21 contract-packers also manufactures a range of
products for the Company.
On the distribution front, 10-tonne trucks, open-bay three-wheelers that
can navigate the narrow alleyways of Indian cities constantly keep our brands
available in every nook and corner of even the countrys remotest areas.
These are only some of the facts that speak about our commitment to the
growth of the Indian Economy.
