For Francisco Garza Egloff
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For Francisco Garza Egloff, CEO of Ark: "This agreement represents an important strategic step in our continuous search for opportunities for growth and value creation, not only in Mexico but in Latin America." The moment he is going through domestic consumption in economies Latin America is more than ripe for Ark to carry out its regional expansion plan as it can exploit the boom in Latin American markets to grow rapidly in them. The beginning of the year is being moved to Ark and on February 20 announced it will invest $ 170 million dollars this year in maintenance and construction of a plant of sandwiches, who entered business in 2007. According to S & P, February 21 kept the score Ark nationally (CVal) of "mxAAA" and that the end of 2007 reported a consolidated turnover of soft drinks and water in personal appearances of 480 million unit cases ( MCU). "The company maintains a strong leadership position in their territories with an estimated market share exceeding 70%. Arca has consistently reported higher profit margins, with EBITDA margin reaching 24.7% at end-2007. The relative stability of its margins is explained by the ability of the company offset increases in raw materials cost controls on their distribution and rigorous discipline to reduce administrative costs. In general, we expect these levels of profitability are maintained based on the growing demand in the territories of the franchise and the ability to continue implementing strategies for improvements in productivity. We also believe that strong and stable generation capacity Ark cash flow provided certainty that the company could offset the negative impact of an economic slowdown in their territories. " S & P sees action Ark a stable outlook, and according to the rating: "The outlook also considers our expectation that Ark will not jeopardize your credit profile in case of new business opportunities or to increase their participation in the consolidation of Coca-Cola system in Mexico, "We will meet again tomorrow, Horacio Pozzo