Print Print edition: 2011-05-22

Mexican Coca-Cola bottlers merge

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Mexico's Arca and Contal will merge to create the world's fourth-largest Coca-Cola bottler after approval from shareholders on Friday. The merger will create a company with a market capitalisation of around $7 billion that will be known as Arca Continental. Among Coke bottlers, the new company will rank behind Mexico's Coca-Cola FEMSA, Greece's Coca-Cola Hellenic and Coca-Cola Enterprises.