public traded as bmv ac industry beverages predecessor embotelladoras arca founded june 1 2001 2001 06 01 in monterrey mexico founder manuel l. barrag n escamilla emilio arizpe santos tom s fern ndez blanco burton e. grossman . headquarters monterrey mexico area served mexico united states ecuador argentina key people manuel l. barragan morales chairman francisco garza egloff ceo products soft drinks bottled water sparkling water snacks revenue us 4 659 million 2014 us 4 713 million 2013 net income us 490 million 2014 us 468 million 2013 total assets us 5 423 million 2014 us 5 066 million 2013 number of employees 43 700 2014 website www.arcacontal.com arca continental s.a.b. de c.v. also known as arca contal or arca continental is a mexican beverage manufacturing and distribution company headquartered in monterrey mexico . it manufactures soft drinks of brands owned or licensed by the coca cola company in northern and western mexico ecuador peru and northern argentina . it is the second largest coca cola bottler in latin america and the third largest in the world . 1 arca continental reported revenues of us 4.6 billion for 2014 . it operates bottling plants and distribution centers in mexico ecuador peru and argentina . 2 it also operates a snack business with plants and distribution centers in mexico the united states and ecuador . arca continental is listed on the mexican stock exchange since 2001 and is a constituent of the ipc the main benchmark index of mexican stocks . contents 1 history 1.1 origins 1.2 embotelladoras arca 1.3 acquisitions 1.4 merger with continental 2 references 3 external links history edit origins edit the origins of the company date back to the times of the mexican revolution to the founding of three independent companies in different cities . in monterrey the sparkling water bottler topo chico company started operations in 1908 and became the first mexican bottler of the coca cola company in 1926 . in 1980 procor became its holding company . in saltillo the ice producing company arma was founded in 1918 and it also became a coca cola bottler in 1926 . in ciudad juarez another coca cola bottler argos was founded in 1936 . this three companies merged into a group in 2001 . embotelladoras arca edit embotelladoras arca s.a. de c.v. was created in 2001 as a merger of the three oldest bottlers in mexico argos arma and procor . this merger created the second largest coca cola bottler in mexico . at that time the company distributed its products in northern mexico . acquisitions edit embotelladoras arca fuel its growth during the 2000s by acquiring companies in mexico argentina and ecuador . merger with continental edit in 2011 embotelladoras arca and grupo continental agree to merged into arca continental . citation needed references edit arca continental 1q15 earnings results reporte anual 2014 . arca continental external links edit official website v t e ipc companies of mexico alfa alpek alsea am rica m vil arca continental banorte banregio cemex coca cola femsa comercial mexicana compartamos banco empresas ica femsa genomma lab internacional gruma grupo aeroportuario del pac fico grupo aeroportuario del sureste grupo bimbo grupo bmv grupo carso grupo elektra grupo lala grupo m xico ienova inbursa industrias ch kimberly clark de m xico liverpool mexichem ohl m xico pe oles pinfra santander m xico televisa walmart de m xico y centroam rica retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title arca continental & oldid 739213964 categories drink companies of mexicococa cola bottlerscompanies based in monterreycompanies listed on the bolsa mexicana de valoresmanufacturing companies of mexicohidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 12 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view