As Telangana Talkies reported yesterday, a delegation of Coca Cola officials met CM KCR yesterday and have expressed interest to set up a Rs. 1,000-crore bottling plant in Telangana and has sought land for the proposed venture. Coca Cola is preferring a location close to Hyderabad. The proposal is made by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, Coca-Cola Company’s largest bottling partner in India. A CMO release said Executive Vice President (Coca-Cola Company) and President, Bottling Investments Irial Finan and T.Krishna Kumar (Regional Head, India) of the Coca Cola Company along with their team met the Chief Minister at the Secretariat. The Executive Vice President informed the Chief Minister that the company is interested to setup a mega plant with Rs.1000 crores investment in the state and sought the state Government support. ...

Representatives of Coca-Cola are scheduled to meet CM KCR today in Hyderabad over plans to build one of their largest greenfield plants in India. Coca-Cola which has been facing quite a few hurdles in opening up new factories, due to land and environmental issues, in India has now shifted focus to Telangana after the State government’s industry friendly steps in last 2 months. Coke executives will brief the Chief Minister on their plans and may put forth their requirements of land, water and power. The location they may propose is not known at the moment. The company, which has 58 bottling plants in India, already has four plants in Hyderabad. Off late, Coca-Cola has been trying to ramp up it’s manufacturing ...