DUSHANBE, January 12, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Stare Committee on Investment and State-owned Property Management (GosKomInvest) and Coca-Cola Icecek A.S., which is a part of the Coca-Cola System, have signed an agreement on construction of a soft drink producer, Coca-Cola Nushokihoi Tojikiston.

According to the GosKomInvest press center, the document was inked in Dushanbe lately.

At the first stage, Coca-Cola Icecek has reportedly invested 30 million U.S. dollars in the construction of this plant, which will have 100 million liters in production capacity and 20 million U.S. dollars will be invested at the second stage of the project.

Introduction of the first line of the plant into operation will create up to 500 new jobs, the source noted.

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.