PepsiAmericas

Infobox_Company
company_name = PepsiAmericas, Inc.
company_type = Public (NYSE|PAS)
company_slogan =
location = Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
key_people = Robert C. Pohlad, Chairman & CEO
num_employees =
industry = Beverage distribution
products = Pepsi
Sunny Delight
Hawaiian Punch
Country Time Lemonade
Lipton
Dr Pepper
Cadbury-Schweppes
Frappuccino (for Starbucks)
revenue = $4.5 billion USD (2007)
homepage = [http://www.pepsiamericas.com/ www.pepsiamericas.com]

PepsiAmericas, Inc. (NYSE|PAS) is the world's second-largest bottler of Pepsi-Cola products, and also contracts to produce beverages for Cadbury-Schweppes and smaller regional brands. PepsiAmericas has 19 bottling plants in the United States and has presence in 11 countries in Central/Eastern Europe and 5 countries in the Caribbean. PepsiAmericas is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. PepsiCo, Inc. holds a 41.1% stake in the company.

Management

* Robert C. Pohlad – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
* Kenneth E. Keiser – President and Chief Operating Officer, Worldwide
* Alexander H. Ware – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
* Michael Durkin – Executive Vice President, PAS U.S. Operations
* James R. Rogers – Senior Vice President, PAS International Operations
* Matthew E. Carter – Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development
* Jay S. Hulbert – Senior Vice President, Worldwide Supply Chain
* Anne D. Sample – Senior Vice President, Human Resources

History

In 2000, Whitman Corp., a Pepsi bottler, purchased PepsiAmericas and took the acquired company's name. [ [http://www.nndb.com/company/395/000124023/ Profile of PepsiAmericas] ] Whitman was originally founded as the Illinois Central Railroad. It later diversified out of railroads and into Pepsi bottling, going by the names Illinois Central Industries in 1962, IC Industries in 1975 and Whitman Corp. in 1988. [ [http://www.nndb.com/company/240/000127856/ Profile of Whitman Corporation] ]

External links

* [http://www.pepsiamericas.com/ PepsiAmericas, Inc.]