Coca-Cola

 
Company profile and background 
The Worlds Largest Beverage Company
While much of the world has changed since 1886, with the old giving way to the new at almost
daily strokes, what has withstood the test and taste of time, binding the young and old to enjoy
their moments of simple pleasure and eternal joy is the magic of Coca-Cola. And this year,
consumers the world over will reach for products of The Coca-Cola Company more than a
billion times every single day. The world s largest beverage company has come a long way since
its modest beginnings more than a century ago...
 
Brings Back The Fizz To India
Coca-Cola, returned to India in 1993 after a gap of 16 years giving a new thumbs up to the
Indian Soft Drink Market. In the same year, the Company took over ownership of the nation's
top soft-drink brands and bottling network.
Coca-Cola India is among the countrys top international investors, having invested more than
US$ 1 billion in India within a decade of its presence and further pledged another US$ 100
million in 2003 for its operations.
 
Coca-Cola serves in India some of the most recalled brands across the world, which include
names such as Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite, Fanta, along with the Schweppes product range.
The acquisition of Thums Up brought some of the leading national soft drinks like Thums Up,
Limca, Maaza, Citra and Gold Spot under its umbrella. To add to this, Kinley mineral water was
launched in the year 2000.
 
Competition
Coca-Cola competes worldwide with the PepsiCola Company, and in North America and a few
other markets, with Cadbury Schweppes.
 
Financials
The financials of CocaCola India are not available publicly, since the company is not listed.
Worldwide Coke is a $23b company with over 5 billion in profits. This makes it one of the
world's largest and most profitable companies.
 
Refer to Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola
The official Coca Cola global site: http://www.cocacola.com
Coca Cola India: http://www.coca-colaindia.com/
Myths and Rumours about Coca Cola: http://www2.coca-
cola.com/contactus/myths_rumors/index.html
The Brands owned by Coca Cola are available at http://www2.coca-
cola.com/brands/brandlist.html
 
 Reliance
 
The company as a whole is described by the BBC as "a business empire with an estimated annual
turnover of $12bn, and an 85,000-strong workforce with business spanning
across telecommunications, information technology, energy, power, retail, textiles,
infrastructure services, capital markets, and logistics. Reliance Industries Ltd, subsequent to
its split has continued to grow from strength to strength. The squabbles between the brothers
having faded into the background, Reliance companies have been among the best performing in
the Indian Stock Market.
 
 
Companies under Anil Dhirubhai Ambani
 
Reliance Energy
 
Reliance Energy is India’s largest integrated private sector power utility company. The company
is into generation, transmission, distribution and trading of power. It distributes over 5,000 MW
of power - the largest in the country. Reliance Energy and its affiliate companies power 2 out of
3 homes in Mumbai and 1 out of 2 in Delhi and has a consumer base of 5 million catering to an
estimated population of 25 million in Mumbai, Delhi and Orissa
Reliance Energy, formerly known as Bombay Suburban Electric Supply (BSES), is a
company under the Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, one ofIndia's largest
conglomerates. The company is the sole distributor of electricity to consumers in the suburbs of
Mumbai Reliance Energy plans to increase its power generation capacity by adding 16,000
mw with investments of $13 billion.
 
Reliance InfoComm

Reliance Communications is the flagship company of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
(ADAG) of companies. Listed on the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock
Exchange, it is India’s leading integrated telecommunication company with over 25 million
customers. As of July 2006 Reliance Infocomm had user base of 23.7 million

Reliance Capital
Reliance Capital Limited (RCL) is a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) registered with
the Reserve Bank of India. RCL was incorporated as a public limited company in 1986 and is
now listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange (India.)
 
With a net worth of over Rs 3,300 crore and over 165,000 shareholders, RCL has established its
presence as a leading player in the financial services sector in the country. On conversion of
outstanding equity instruments, the net worth of the company will increase to about Rs 4,100
crore.
RCL ranks among the top 3 companies in the private financial services and banking sector in the
country, in terms of net worth.
 
RCL sees immense potential in the rapidly growing financial services sector in India and aims to
become a dominant player in this industry and offer fully integrated financial services.
 
Companies under Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani
 
Reliance Industries Limited is India’s largest private sector company with a turnover of US
$18.773 billion and profit of US $2.125 billion for the fiscal year ending in March 2005. It was
founded by DhiruBhai Ambani in the 1970s.
 
Reliance Industries Limited has a wide range of products from petrochemicals (its major
product) to garments (under the brand name of Vimal)
Reliance is the largest exploration acreage holder in the private sector in India with 30 domestic
exploration blocks, covering an area of about 350,000  sq kms. Reliance has a 30 per cent
participating interest in the producing blocks of Panna-Mukta and Tapti in Bombay High
offshore block, along with British Gas and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited. Reliance
also has a stake in two overseas blocks in Oman and Yemen.
 
Petroleum Refining and retailing is the second link in Reliance's drive for growth and global
leadership in the core energy and materials value chain. Reliance operates the third largest
refinery in the world at any single location, with a capacity of 30 million tons per year or 0.6
million barrels per day of crude throughput, at Jamnagar, Gujarat.
 
In January 2005, Reliance processed the 1,000 millionth barrel of crude oil. With the Jamnagar
Refinery significantly improving domestic product availability, India has become a net exporter
of petroleum products.
Reliance is in the process of doubling the petroleum refinery at Jamnagar, which will make it the
largest petroleum refinery in the world. Reliance is also rolling out a state-of-the-art, pan-India
petroleum retail network aimed at providing the Indian consumer with world-class retail
experience.

Petrochemicals

Reliance is the world's largest polyester fibre and yarn producer and among the top five to
ten producers in the world of major petrochemical products.

Reliance is pursuing a three-pronged strategy of enhancing growth margins through an emphasis

on premium grades, enhancing market share through new capacity additions and acquisitions,
and attaining market leadership through new technology development initiatives

Textiles

Reliance's Naroda Textile Complex, one of India's largest and modern textile complexes,
produces about 25 million metres of fabric both for domestic and international markets. It is the
only textile complex in India to offer the maximum marketed range of product categories.
 
Reliance textile products are sold under the brand names of Only Vimal, Harmony, Reance,
RueRel and V2 (pre-cut, pre-packed products). The flagship brand ONLY VIMAL is India's
largest selling brand of premium textiles. In a survey conducted by The Economic Times, it was
voted as 'India's most trusted Fabric Brand'.
 
Reliance's efforts in research and development has resulted in several new products and
processes, such as fluorescent shades on polyester fabrics, extended laundering colourfast fabrics
in dope-dyed fibres, water and oil repellent finishes on polywool and Lycra stretch fabrics, wash-
fast and flame-retardant fabrics.

Forthcoming:

Retail

Reliance is gearing up to revolutionize the retailing industry in India. Towards this end, we are
aggressively working on introducing a pan-India network of retail outlets in multiple formats. A
world class shopping environment, state of art technology, a seamless supply chain
infrastructure, a host of unique value-added services and above all, unmatched customer
experience, is what this initiative is all about. 
The retail initiative of Reliance will be without a parallel in size and spread and make India
proud. Ensuring better returns to Indian farmers and manufacturers and greater value for the
Indian consumer, both in quality and quantity, will be an integral feature of this project. By
creating value at all levels, we will actively endeavor to contribute to India's growth.
The project will boast of a seamless supply chain infrastructure, unprecedented even by world
standards. Through multiple formats and a wide range of categories, Reliance is aiming to touch
almost every Indian customer and supplier