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PepsiCo Opens First “Green” Beverage Plant Ever Built in China

June 29, 2009 | Comments (2)

Pepsi logoPepsiCo opened its first overseas “green” plant in China last week. The state-of-the-art beverage facility, located in the western city of Chongqing, is part of Pepsico’s $1 billion investment effort to grow its manufacturing capacity in the country, particularly in interior and western areas.

According to a press release, the Chongqing plant is the first green beverage facility ever built in China — and the first plant of any kind in the industrial center of Chongqing to be  built in compliance with LEED engineering standards. In addition, this new eco-friendly plant

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