Coca-Cola Romania names new country manager

Nikolopoulos will replace Nicoleta Eftimiu, who was appointed to lead the operations of Coca-Cola Company in Central Europe, Coca Cola Romania said in a press release.

Nikolopoulos started working for Coca Cola in 2004 and has held both local and regional positions since.

"Romania is one of the most important markets for the Coca-Cola System, with a fast development and many innovative, successful ideas regarding product portfolio and marketing strategies. For me, this new function is a great opportunity to get to know a market as interesting and vast as the Romanian one," Paris Nikolopoulos said.

In Romania, Coca Cola operates through subsidiary Coca-Cola Romania and its partner Coca-Cola HBC Romania, which bottles and distributes products.

In April, the company announced that it has invested 11 million euro ($12.2 million) in a new water bottling line and upgrades at its Poiana Negrii production plant in Suceava county. Besides the production facility in Suceava, Coca Cola operates two more plants in Romania - in Ploiesti and Timisoara.

Coca-Cola has over 500 brands in its portfolio, distributed in over 200 countries.

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