Coca-Cola HBC Eurasia set into motion the third production line at its St. Petersburg facilities.
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Coca-Cola Widens St. Petersburg Facilities
Coca-Cola HBC Eurasia set into motion Wednesday the third production line at its St. Petersburg facilities, Interfax reported.
The budget of the project for launching the third line and widening office and warehouse area reached ˆ20 million. The new line differs from all other lines operating at St. Petersburg plant in specification, capacity and control over the ready product.
The capacity of a new facility is roughly 200 million liters of soft drinks a year. Once the project capacity is attained, the plant’s output will step up to 400 million liters a year.
In Russia, Coca-Cola HBC Eurasia represents Greek Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (Coca-Cola HBC, the subsidiary of U.S. Coca-Cola Co.). It owns 14 plants and more than 60 distributor centers in Russia.
In spring of 2005, Coca-Cola Co. and Coca-Cola HBC bought out Russia’s Multon juice company for over $500 million. In summer of 2007, Coca-Cola HBC acquired Russia’s maker of beverages, Aqua Vision, for ˆ191.5 million.
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