JOHANNESBURG, April 1 (Reuters) - Coca-Cola and its two authorized bottlers, Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa and Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages, will invest 17.6 billion rand ($1.05 billion) in South Africa through 2030, to support expanded production capacity, the company said.
The announcement was made by Luis Felipe Avellar, president of the Coca-Cola Company's Africa operating unit, on Tuesday evening at an investment conference in Johannesburg, where President Cyril Ramaphosa set a target of attracting 2 trillion rand in new investments over the next five years.
The investment will support expanded production capacity, strengthen distribution and accelerate innovation across the "Coca-Cola system's" value chain, Coca-Cola Africa said in a statement.
($1 = 16.7809 rand)
(Reporting by Nqobile DludlaEditing by Tomasz Janowski)
The Coca-Cola Company is the world's leader in the production and marketing of non-alcoholic beverages. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of beverage concentrates and syrups (58.9%);
- bottling and sale of beverages (41.1%): sparkling soft drinks (Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Fanta, Fresca, Schweppes, Sprite and Thums Up brands) water, sports drinks, coffee and tea (Aquarius, Ayataka, BODYARMOR, Ciel, Costa, Crystal, Dasani, do?adan, Fuze Tea, Georgia, glacéau smartwater, glacéau vitaminwater,
Gold Peak, I LOHAS, Powerade, and Topo Chico), juices, dairy and plant-based beverages (Core Power, Del Valle, fairlife, innocent, Maaza, Minute Maid, Minute Maid Pulpy, and Simply).
At the end of 2024, the group had 112 production sites worldwide.
61% of net sales are abroad.
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