History of Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia CCAI

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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS

A. General Description of Research Object 1.

History of Coca-Cola Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. Coca-Cola soft drink was created by Dr. John S. Pemberton, a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia, USA, in May 1886. The Coca-Cola Company was founded in 1892 by Asa G. Chandler in Atlanta, who also patented the Coca-Cola trademark. This company is the main of all the bottling company that owns the trademark Coca-Cola throughout the country in the world by providing the raw material concentrates. President of Coca-Cola Company 1919-1955, Robert W. Woudruff, is the person who first introduced the idea that Coca- Cola drinks can be enjoyed not only by Americans, but also to be consumed by the entire nation in the world. To realize this idea, then in 1929 founded The Coca-Cola Export Cooperation, the company that handles the sale of beverages throughout the country in the world with quality based, flavor, and the same freshness. www.thecocacolacompany.com

2. History of Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia CCAI

Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia CCAI has been operating in Indonesia since 1992 and provides all the company product variants, including 73 74 bottled water in all parts of the country except North Solawesi. CCAI owns and operates 9 bottling plants, in Cibitung, Cikedokan, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Bali, Medan, Padang and Lampung. Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia CCAI is a leading manufacturer and distributor of non- alcoholic ready to drink beverages and has been operating in Indonesia since 1991. It manufacturers and distributes under license, the trade market products of the Coca-Cola Company. www.cocacolaamatil.com Currently, the number of employees of Coca-Cola Bottling Indonesia has reached 10,000 employees with a total production of 1500 bottles per hour - millions of crates per year. Products of Coca-Cola is sold and distributed to more than 400,000 outlets in more than 120 sales centers spread all over Indonesia. It is estimated more than 80 products of Coca-Cola Bottling sold through retailers and wholesalers in which 90 of them are included in the category of small business entrepreneurs, and they employ less than five employees with annual turnover of less than Rp. 1 billion. According to Stuart Comino, Acting President Director of CCAI, has inaugurated a new production line and construction of Regional Distribution Center in an area of 11,000 square meters factory CCAI Medan, Factory located in an area of 50,000 square meters has 4 production machines, with a production capacity of up to 30,000 crates per day. Medan is second factory of this year that equipped with the Regional Distribution Center facility. CCAI also has built larger Regional Distribution Center in Cibitung- Bekasi which has been operating in early 2013, and plans to build a regional distribution center in Semarang which is targeted for completion in July 2014. www.cocacolaamatil.com 75

3. General Description of Coca-Cola