The Coca-Cola Co. and its Chinese bottling partners will invest an additional $4 billion in China over the next three years, starting in 2012. By the end of 2011, Coca-Cola and the bottling partners Swire Beverages Ltd. and COFCO Coca-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd. already will have invested more than $3 billion in China over the past three years (2009-2011). The additional $4 billion will bring total investment to $7 billion between 2009 and 2014.
China topped 1 billion unit cases through the first six months of 2011. Five years ago Coca-Cola sales topped 1 billion unit cases in China for the full year for the first time ever. Consumption of Coca-Cola Products in China in 2011 represents about 7% of the company’s global volume.
In 2011, the Coca-Cola China system already has opened a new plant in Sanshui and will open another plant in Yingkou later this year. Ground will be broken for construction of a new plant in Shijiazhuang later this year. The Coca-Cola Chinese system now operates more than 40 plants in China that employ more than 48,000 people.
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