VOL. XLII

No. 07

15-February-1999

ALGERIA

...While Coca-Cola Plans $25Mn Bottling Plant In Algeria

Coca-Cola announced on 10 February that it will build a $25Mn bottling plant in Skikda, Algeria, by the end of 1999. Construction of the new plant, which is part of a program to invest $200mn over three years in its production and distribution facilities in the Middle East and North Africa, will commence in March. Coca-Cola said that it also plans to open a $25mn plant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.