Coca-Cola inaugurates 100 mln USD bottling plant in Ethiopia

STORY: Coca-Cola inaugurates 100 mln USD bottling plant in Ethiopia DATELINE: June 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Ethiopia Sebeta factory inauguration ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): MELAKU ALEBEL, Ethiopia's Industry Minister 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BRUNO PIETRACCI, President of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa 4. various of a Coca-Cola factory STORYLINE: The Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) on Tuesday inaugurated its new 100 million U.S. dollars Coca-Cola bottling plant in Ethiopia. Completion of the new bottling plant is said to bring CCBA's production capacity in Ethiopia to more than 100 million cases a year and will enable the company to integrate the production of inputs such as preforms, closures and other materials, as well as the local production of new products while reducing imports, the company said. The new plant, located on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, at Sebeta town, was in