Centre, Muhtar Kent, président et directeur général de la société Coca-Cola, apprend des quenelles à la cérémonie d'ouverture de l'usine Coca-Cola Yingkou dans Yin
Muhtar Kent, center, Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, learns making dumplings at the opening ceremony for the Coca-Cola Yingkou plant in Yingkou city, northeast Chinas Liaoning province, 29 March 2012. Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, on Thursday (29 March 2012) inaugurated the opening of Coca-Cola Chinas 42nd bottling plant located in Yingkou, Liaoning, the largest Coca-Cola production facility in China. Covering an area of more than 170, 000 square meters (42 acres), the plant represents a US$160 million investment in China and is part of a three-year, US$4 billion investment plan announced last year that underscores the Coca-Cola systems confidence in China and its fast-growing beverage market. When completion, the third bottling plant in northeast Chinas Liaoning, operated by Coca-Cola Liaoning (Central) Beverages Co. Ltd., is expected to reach an annual production capacity of more than 5 billion servings of sparkling and still beverages, including Coca-Cola, Sprite, Minute Maid and Ice Dew. Coca-Cola plans to invest in nine production lines at the new facility, with four currently in operation.