Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt ltd, (HCCBPl) the largest bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company in India laid the foundation stone for a-state-Of-The-Art Bottling Plant in Babai of Hoshangabad.
Industry Minister Rajendra Shukla laid the foundation stone that will be the starting point for the construction in the presence of Senior Executives of the Coca-Cola System, Ministers and Senior Officials of the State Government, elected People’s representatives and people from the local community. The new plant is being built in Audyogik Kendra Vikas Nigam (AKVN) Babai Industrial Area, Hoshangabad at an investment of Rs 750 crore in a phased manner.
Those Senior Government officials present included Surya Prakash Meena, District In-charge Minister - Hoshangabad, Rao Uday Pratap Singh, Member of Parliament, Vijay Pal Singh, Member of legislative Assembly, Principal Secretary Mohammed Suleman, JN Vyas, Managing Director – AKVN, very senior executives such as Irial Finan, President, Bottling Investment Group (BIG), John Murphy, President, Asia Pacific Group from the Coca-Cola system and leadership team of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt ltd.
T Krishnakumar, Chairman and CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt ltd And Region Director-South Asia, said, “The programme was a step ahead in fulfilling the commitment through an MOU signed at Global Investor Summit in 2014.Our investment trajectory is very much in line with India’s long-term growth strategy of building sustainable, long-term businesses Our trajectory is very much in line with India’s long-term growth strategy of building sustainable, long-term businesses contributing to national and local economy as well as local-social fabric”.
The minister, Shukla addressing the gathering congratulated Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages and its management on this momentous occasion and assured all support from the state government. He also expressed hope that many more industries will come up in this area and fuel economic growth.