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Nyanza Bottling Company Ltd (NBCL), incorporated in 1984, a joint venture between SUMARIA and CMG group, is one of the largest Coca-Cola Franchises in East Africa. NBCL is engaged in bottling & distributing Coca-Cola products in the Lake Zone of Tanzania, comprising Mwanza, Shinyanga, Mara, Kagera, Tabora Kigoma Geita & Kahama regions. Parent companies, Sumaria, and CMG Group are well-known names in East Africa having a significant business presence in many industrial verticals. NBCL is Sumaria’s only joint venture to date into the world of fast-moving consumer goods. NBCL’s presence in the lakes has grown year-on-year and has a heady market share of more than 80 percent. Its extensive distribution capacity is a significant strategic advantage in achieving this market penetration. The bottling facility occupies a 16-acre site in the industrial belt of Mwanza. It incorporates the latest state-of-the-art technology, equipment, and processes to slake the region’s tremendous thirst for iconic brands in NBCL’s portfolio.
As well as Coca-Cola, the company also bottles the Fanta and Krest families, Sprite and Sparletta—all developed from concentrate—as well as local mineral water. The three glass bottling lines at the site can produce up to 100,000 bottles per hour while an adjacent PET line has an output of 24,000 bottles per hour. Since 1997, NBCL has won the coveted Gold Award, which Coca-Cola awards to its best franchisees, on seven separate occasions. This award is given only after the most rigorous auditing procedures and NBCL has consistently featured in a leading position out of 89 other bottling plants in more than 30 countries which also have franchise agreements with Coca-Cola. In 2007, NCBL also won the prestigious President’s Manufacturer of the Year Award in the Large Industry category.
