Coca-Cola company’s bottling partner, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCBL), will set up two greenfield plants at Sanand in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and Nellore in Andhra Pradesh.
The company will make an investment of Rs 1,000 crore in the project. The proposed plant at Gujarat will be commissioned in 2017, and at Nellore in 2018. Once completed, these plants will add four to five percent to the company’s overall capacity.
The plant will manufacture bottles for its carbonated beverages and juice-based drinks such as Coca-Cola, Thums Up, Minute Maid, packaged water, Kinley soda, etc.