1965 Ventures in bottling

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One of Hong Kong’s first Coca-Cola trucks
Coca-Cola delivery truck in Hong Kong in 1950s
An advertisement of Swire Coca-Cola Hong Kong published in 1957
Tsuen Wan bottling plant in 1970s

Swire purchased Hong Kong Bottlers Federal Inc., an American-owned business that held the franchise to bottle Coca-Cola in Hong Kong. At that time, Hong Kong Bottlers’ output was 104 million bottles annually. Today, Swire is one of the largest Coca-Cola bottlers in the world, serving a franchise population of over 450 million in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the USA.

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