Swire Coca-Cola
Swire Coca-Cola has the exclusive right to manufacture, market and distribute products of The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) in 11 provinces and the Shanghai Municipality in the Chinese Mainland and in the HKSAR, Taiwan region, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and an extensive area in the northern and central regions of Thailand, as well as an extensive area of the Western USA. This represents a total franchise population of over 940 million people. Swire Coca-Cola is one of the largest Coca-Cola bottlers in the world, and works closely with The Coca-Cola Company on brand development and marketing.
The relationship with Coca-Cola began in 1965, with the acquisition by Swire of a company which held the franchise to manufacture Coca-Cola in Hong Kong – a business today known as Swire Coca-Cola HK Limited. Swire Pacific acquired the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Salt Lake City in 1978.