{"id":13833,"date":"2007-07-23T10:53:21","date_gmt":"2007-07-23T17:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/07\/23\/coca-cola-to-build-rd-center-in-shanghai-dow-jones\/"},"modified":"2007-07-23T10:53:21","modified_gmt":"2007-07-23T17:53:21","slug":"coca-cola-to-build-rd-center-in-shanghai-dow-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/07\/coca-cola-to-build-rd-center-in-shanghai-dow-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Coca-Cola to Build R&#038;D Center in Shanghai &#8211; Dow Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Dow Jones:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As part of its efforts to boost its sales in China, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coca-Cola\">Coca-Cola Co. (KO) <\/a> is investing $80 million to build a new China headquarters and research and development center in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shanghai\">Shanghai <\/a>, the company&#8217;s new president for China business, Douglas Jackson, said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The R&#038;D center, which is expected to be finished by the end of 2008, will be one of six Coca-Cola research centers globally, and will develop products for China and other markets, Jackson said. With the completion of the new R&#038;D center, Coca-Cola will increase its R&#038;D staff in China to 200, from 40 now. &#8220;Consumers in this part of the world are changing rapidly&#8230;I think having that kind of R&#038;D center on our doorstep is going to be great in terms of speed to market,&#8221; said Jackson, who has been the head of Coca-Cola in China for three months. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartmoney.com\/bn\/ON\/index.cfm?story=ON-20070723-000174-0556\">[Full Text] <\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Dow Jones: As part of its efforts to boost its sales in China, Coca-Cola Co. (KO) is investing $80 million to build a new China headquarters and research and development center in Shanghai , the company&#8217;s new president for China business, Douglas Jackson, said Monday. 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