Coca-Cola to invest $1.3 billion in Chile till 2016![]() November 16, 2012 - 19:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Coca-Cola Co. said it plans to invest $1.3 billion in Chile from 2012 to 2016, including $200 million on a new bottling plant in Renca, Chile that officially opened Thursday, Nov 14, MarketWatch reports. With operations in Chile, Argentina, Brazil and most recently Paraguay, Coca-Cola bottler Embotelladora Andina SA ranks seventh among Coca-Cola's bottlers world-wide after closing a merger with Chilean soft-drinks producer and distributor Embotelladoras Coca-Cola Polar SA. The new Coca-Cola Andina plant covers 243,000 square meters and houses 10 production lines, which can be expanded to 12. Partner news U.S. officials say they want to advance efforts to start talks between the Syrian government and opposition leaders. The international conference, backed by Russia and the U.S., aims to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria. Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post. Alkhatib said Assad should respond within 20 days and that he should then be given a month to dissolve parliament. Partner news |