The bottler Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola Hellenic closes its plant in Nizhny Novgorod. About TASS reported the communications Manager at the company in Russia Evgeny Mogilev.

"Today we stopped the production of two lines and transfer production from Nizhny Novgorod to the other five sites, "she said, confirming that the two production lines was the whole power of the Nizhny Novgorod plant.

Previously TASS reported that the growth of sales of products under the brand name Coca-Cola in Russia in physical terms by the end of 2014 slowed from 5 (2013) to 1% in 2014.

In its report, the bottler noted a negative impact on disposable income of the population of the Russian Federation "complex geopolitical situation and the General macroeconomic trends.

Coca-Cola Hellenic's business is conducted in 28 countries and is the leading group for the production of Coca-Cola in Europe, the sales volume of the company exceeds 2 billion in conditional cases (one case 5.7 liters). Principal holders of shares of the company are The Coca-Cola Company, which owns a portfolio of brands and marketing products (23,2%), and Kar-Tess Holding /23,3%/, 54% is in free float.

In Russia, Coca-Cola Hellenic is represented by LLC "Coca-Cola HBC Eurasia since 2001. The company owns 12 plants in Moscow and Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Orel, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Volga, Yekaterinburg, Rostov, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk and Vladivostok. Coca-Cola Hellenic produces and distributive in Russia drinks Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Light, Sprite, Fanta, water BonAqua, Nestea iced tea, sports drink Powerade, burn energy drinks and Gladiator, Schweppes tonic, brew Group, and Barrel" drink "Fructis", juices, nectars and purees Rich, juices, nectars and fruit drinks "Good" and "My family", Pulpy drink.

Coca-Cola Hellenic is also the distributor of premium spirits company Brown-Forman Corporation. The company's production in Russia with modernization of the Moscow plant and Nizhny Novgorod site was 12.5 million liters per day.