- Analytical Services Center inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Dinesh Trivedi
- Laboratory to offer analytical and technical support to Coca-Cola’s India, South Asia and Eurasia operations
- One of the only six such centers across the world where The Coca-Cola Company conducts its operations
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Dinesh Trivedi today inaugurated The Coca-Cola Company’s state-of-the-art Analytical Services Center in Pirangut, Pune. Spread over an area of 2000 square meters, this world class laboratory will offer analytical and technical support to Coca-Cola’s operations in India and South Asia as well as to countries in Eastern Europe, southern Eurasia and the Middle East.The new Eurasia Analytical Services Center has been built with an investment of USD 4MM (over Rs. 18 crores) and reiterates the Company’s commitment to its operations in India. Also present at the inauguration were Mr. Atul Singh, (President & CEO, Coca-Cola India), Ms. Carletta Ooton, (Chief Quality Officer, The Coca-Cola Company), Mr. John Ward, (Director, Global Quality Analytical Services, The Coca-Cola Company), other senior officials of Coca-Cola India, and several dignitaries from Pune.
The laboratory in Pune is one of six locations strategically selected by The Coca-Cola Company for the creation of a global network of analytical testing facilities. Similar facilities exist in only five countries namely Brussels, Belgium, Shanghai, China, Johannesburg, South Africa, Mexico City, Mexico and Atlanta, USA. With the opening of the Analytical Services Center in Pune, the company will now have access to the capability needed to further enhance quality and food safety standards, drive innovation and enable Coca-Cola’s long term strategic growth objectives as defined in the 2020 Vision.
Inaugurating the laboratory, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Dinesh Trivedi, said, “It is a matter of great pleasure that The Coca-Cola Company has chosen India as a centre to cater to the analytical service requirements of its product in South Asia and Eurasian countries. It is a testimony to the available infrastructure and quality of talent available in India. This center will ensure that food safety norms are further strengthened and health issues are relegated to a thing of the past. I extend my congratulations and best wishes to the Company for focusing on consumer safety and I wish healthy habits and healthy life to all.”
Speaking on the occasion, Atul Singh, President & CEO Coca-Cola India, said, “The opening of this world class laboratory in Pune reiterates our commitment to provide high-quality beverages to our consumers in India. The investment also underlines our endeavour to lead India into becoming one of the strategic growth markets for The Coca-Cola Company. The technical capabilities at the new centre will be leveraged extensively across many countries in South Asia and Eurasia and will provide us the necessary support to achieve our long term growth objectives.”
Speaking at the opening, Ms. Carletta Ooton, Chief Quality Officer, The Coca-Cola Company said, “This laboratory is one of six such facilities that exist across the world and it will enable our operations in India to grow its business and capitalize on new beverage trends and consumer needs at a greater speed. She further added, “The Coca-Cola Company is committed to being a global leader in the area of food safety and quality. Food safety is not a competitive advantage, nor a privilege, but something that every person has the right to expect and demand from its leaders and Companies at large. We are ready to partner with others including governments, corporates and people with interest to help shape and lead the improvement of quality and food safety both here in India and around the world.”
About Coca-Cola India
Coca-Cola in India refreshes millions of consumers throughout the country with an exciting range of beverages including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Thums Up, Fanta, Limca, Sprite, Maaza, Minute Maid Pulpy Orange, Minute Maid Nimbu Fresh, Burn, Georgia, Georgia Gold, Kinley, Kinley Club Soda and Burn through a network of more than one million outlets. The company has invested more than US$ 1 billion in its Indian operations, emerging as one of the country's top international investors and employs approximately 6,000 people in India.
For more information and details on the company’s Indian operations please visit: www.coca-colaindia.com and www.myenjoyzone.com
