| The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana (TCCBCG) was formed from the Divestiture of the Bottling Section of Ghana National Trading Company (GNTC) in March 1995 and commenced operations on March 7, that same year at the old plant at Adjabeng. Currently the company has acquired an ultra modern premise of the Spintex Road , which was commissioned in November 1996.
The new company is wholly owned by the Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company, which is in turn owned by the Cobega Group in Spain and the Coca-Cola Company – Atlanta who own 70 and 30 percent respectively.Since its divestiture the company has invested over US$70 million in production and marketing equipment, vehicles, glass bottles and plastic crates.
In 1999, the company added a second bottling line at a cost of US$10 million, while a PET line was added in 2003 at an additional US$1 million for bottling products in plastic bottles. Another pouch line was also commissioned at the Accra plant last year. An US$8 million expansion programme has also be commenced which include a new bottling line with a capacity of 48,000 bottles per hour and is scheduled for commissioning in November, 2004.The company directly employs 745 staff currently as compared to the pre-divestiture level of 372. Additionally TCCBCG has also registered about 60 independent Mini-Depot Operators (Independent Distributors) each of which employs at least four people. By the introduction of the HAWAI product, such operators have employed additional vendors who will sell the product on bicycles provided for that purpose.
To properly operationalize its environmental friendly policy the company commissioned a US$1 million Waste Water Treatment facility at its Accra Plant in 2001 and followed up with another $600,000 facility at the Kumasi Plant in January 2004.
These facilities ensure that the effluent from the production process is treated before being discharged into natural water sources. Thus water from the production facility can support marine life while the sludge from the Waste Water Treatment processes serves as a manure for local farmers.
The company has over the years fulfilled its tax obligations to the state. Taxes, comprising of excise duty and VAT paid to the government in 2003 grossed over ¢105 billion as against over ¢78 billion paid 2002.
Community relations have always been directed towards support for Health Institutions, Schools and Non-governmental Organisations. Prominent amongst the support are donations to the Otumfuo Education Trust Fund and the First Lady's Mother and Child Foundation.
The company provided a fully furnished six classroom block and an office for the residents of Samsam Odumasi in the Amasaman District of the Greater Accra Region at the cost of about $30,000 in 2003. That same year it donated computers and printers to four institutions while it sponsored the Coca-Cola Top 4' Soccer tournament to the tune of $1.5 billion in 2004 |