Coca-Cola Launches Third Plant in Shymkent with an Investment of $56 Million
Coca-Cola İçecek (CCI) opened its third plant in Shymkent with an annual production capacity of 283 million liters. The project, worth nearly 27 billion tenge (US$56.1 million), is expected to create 150 jobs, reported the company’s press service.
The new 16-hectare plant, featuring two production lines, is expected to boost Coca-Cola İçecek’s (CCI) annual production capacity by approximately 30%. Located near the Zhuldyz industrial zone in Shymkent, this facility adds to the company’s existing plants in Astana and Bereke village in the Almaty Region.
Erdinç Güzel, CCI Regional Director for Central Asia and the Caucasus, noted that the company’s total investments in the Kazakh economy have reached 106 billion tenge (US$220.3 million) since 1994.
The official opening ceremony on Sept. 13 was attended by Shymkent akim (Mayor) Gabit Syzdykbekov, Consul General of Türkiye in Turkistan İlker Pak, United States Consul General Michelle Yerkin, and industry executive of the Task Force division at Kazakh Invest national company Ainur Zhumanbayeva.
“The construction of the new CCI Kazakhstan plant in Shymkent is an important step in strengthening economic ties between Kazakhstan and Türkiye. This plant will not only create new jobs and contribute to the development of the regional economy, but it will also serve as an example for other Turkish companies interested in investing in Kazakhstan,” said Zhumanbayeva.(Source:astanatimes)
