:Somaliland Beverage Industries
{{Short description|Beverage industry in Somaliland}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Somaliland Beverage Industries
| logo = Somaliland Beverage Industries SBI logo.svg
|image = Somaliland Beverage Industries Factory.jpg
| type = Private
| foundation = 2010
| area_served = Somaliland
| location = Hargeisa, Maroodi Jeex, Somaliland
| key_people = Ahmed Osman Guelleh, Founder
Mustafe Osman Guelleh, CEO
| industry = Beverages
| products = Lis dairies
Miiran juice
Sprite
Coca-Cola
Dasani
Fanta
| website = {{URL|https://laas-group.com}}
}}
Somaliland Beverage Industries abbreviated as SBI is a beverage corporation headquartered in Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.busiweek.com/sbi-sets-pace-for-industrialization-in-unrecognized-somaliland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421083701/https://www.busiweek.com/sbi-sets-pace-for-industrialization-in-unrecognized-somaliland/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 21, 2021|title=SBI Sets Pace For Industrialization In Unrecognized Somaliland|website=Busi Week|access-date=24 February 2020}} Founded in 2010 by Ahmed Osman Guelleh, a local businessman.{{Cite web|url=http://www.somalilandbiz.com/success-stories/somaliland-beverages-industries-sbi|title=Somaliland Beverage Industries (SBI) - Success Stories|website=Somaliland Biz|language=en|access-date=19 March 2020}} Based on the revenue, SBI is the largest beverage business in Somaliland.{{Cite web|url=http://somalilandpost.net/shirkada-coca-cola-s-b-i-waa-shirkad-dalka-ku-soo-kordhisay-shaqo-abuur-baahi-badan-oo-dalka-ka-jirtayna-dabooshay-korna-u-qaaday-sumcada-somaliland-wq-farhan-mohamed-sultan-nur-ra|title=Shirkada SBI Waa Shirkad Dalka Ku Soo Kordhisay Shaqo Abuur, Baahi Badan Oo Dalka Ka Jirtayna Dabooshay, Korna U Qaaday Sumcada Somaliland|website=Somaliland Post|language=so|access-date=19 March 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://geeska.net/shirkada-sbi-waa-mashruuca-ugu-weyn-ee-somaliland-ka-hirgalaywq-cabdillaahi-cadmaawi|title=Shirkada SBI Waa Mashruuca Ugu Weyn Ee Somaliland Ka Hirgalay?|language=so|website=Geeska|access-date=19 March 2020}}
History
In early 2010, SBI was awarded a license to build & operate a Coca-Cola bottling factory in Somaliland. SBI is the country's single biggest investment to date.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/jul/20/somaliland-bottles-hopes-coca-cola-plant|title=Somaliland bottles its hopes in Coca-Cola plant|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=19 March 2020}} The opening of the $17 million Coca-Cola production plant took place on 22 May 2012 and was presided over by then-president Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/somalia-somaliland-cocacola/coca-cola-opens-bottling-plant-in-somaliland-idUSL5E8GN5GK20120523|title=Coca Cola opens bottling plant in Somaliland|website=Reuters|access-date=19 March 2020}}
See also
{{Portal|Somaliland|Companies}}
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- [https://laas-group.com Official Website of SBI]
Category:2010 establishments in Somaliland
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