DUSHANBE, July 24, 2014, Asia-Plus -- In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Minister of Industry and New Technologies Shavkat Bobozoda noted on July 24 that construction of a soft drink producer, Coca-Cola Nushokihoi Tojikiston, will be completed in Dushanbe in April 2015.

“Coca-Cola Icecek A.S., which is part of the Coca-Cola System, has invested in the construction of this plant, which will have 100 million liters in production capacity,” Bobozoda noted.

According to him, 30 million U.S. dollars have been invested in the construction of Coca-Cola Nushokihoi Tojikiston.

Coca-Cola Icecek A.S. is an anchor bottler and a part of the Coca-Cola System.  It is 50.3% owned by Anadolu Efes S.K., 20% owned by the Coca-Cola Company, 4% owned by Ozgorkey Holding, and the remaining 25.6% publicly traded on the Turkish stock exchanges.  It is the 6th largest bottler in the Coca-Cola System in terms of sales volume. The company is headquartered in Istanbul.

The company is the bottler of Coca-Cola products in Azerbaijan, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Jordan, as well as its home country of Turkey.