Swire's operations in the United States date to the 1970s, when the group established interests in the cold storage industry and in Coca-Cola bottling. Today, these remain Swire's principal activities in North America, however Swire Pacific also has substantial interests in property development and investment in Florida.

USA

• United States Cold Storage Inc. (USCS)
  USCS is one of the top five public refrigerated warehouse companies (PRWs) in the USA. Since its acquisition by John Swire & Sons Inc. in 1982, capacity has grown to 149 million cubic feet of space in 30 facilities, and USCS now employs approximately 1,400 people. The company provides regional and national distribution from locations in nine states including California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Nebraska, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas. USCS plans to develop new and existing markets with new distribution centres in northern and southern California, Arizona, Washington state, Utah, western Ohio and Virginia. By 2009, the company is anticipating that its network will have expanded to 36 sites, or 205 million cubic feet of space, at an investment of $300 million.

USCS has also been active in developing and integrating technological applications that facilitate and expand logistics services for its customers. With the need to precisely manage the receiving, storage and order assembly of approximately six billion pounds of temperature sensitive foods each year, USCS has created fully integrated warehouse, transportation and information systems that not only improve day-to-day operations, but provide cost saving services to its customers. It is by continuously striving to provide more and better services that the company has steadily grown and maintained its role as a premier PRW and logistics provider.

• Polynesia Line Ltd.
  The China Navigation Co. has a longstanding interest in Polynesia Line, a liner trade connecting the west coast of the USA with Tahiti, Samoa and American Samoa.

USA

Property Division

• Swire Properties Inc.
  Swire Properties Inc. has been active in the development of investment and trading properties in Florida since the 1970s. Its primary focus is on Brickell Key in downtown Miami, where a number of commercial and residential properties have been developed.

  Completed projects include 340,000 square feet of office and retail space and over 2,000 residential units, all successfully sold to institutional or individual purchasers. The latest residential trading project, Asia, a 123-unit condominium tower on Brickell Key, has recently commenced construction.

  Swire Properties' investment portfolio at Brickell Key currently consists of the 329-room luxury Mandarin Oriental, Miami hotel, developed in partnership with the world-renowned Mandarin Oriental Hotel group and opened in 2000. Swire Properties holds 75% equity in the hotel, with the balance held by Mandarin Oriental International Ltd.

Beverages Division

• Swire Coca-Cola, USA
  Swire Coca-Cola, USA has two production facilities at Salt Lake, Utah, and Fruitland, Idaho, and 27 sales centres throughout the western USA. The eleven-state franchise territory extends from part of Washington in the north to Arizona in the south, and from California in the west, to Nebraska in the east.

  In addition to Coca-Cola brands such as Diet Coke and Sprite, the company produces and distributes a range of other leading soft drink brands, including Schweppes, Canada Dry, Barq's Root Beer, Dr. Pepper, Dasani, Evian, Powerade and Minute Maid, as well as an extensive range of energy drinks.

  Swire Pacific originally acquired The Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Salt Lake City in 1978. The Salt Lake City Coca-Cola franchise celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2006.

Canada

Aviation Division

• CLS Catering Services Ltd.
  Cathay Pacific has a 60% shareholding in two inflight catering facilities in Vancouver and Toronto, in partnership with LSG Lufthansa Services. The two facilities have the capacity to produce 15,000 and 25,000 meals a day respectively.