Transcom Beverages Ltd, the franchisee of PepsiCo in Bangladesh, has been recognised as the “Bottler of the Year” for 2016 in PepsiCo annual conference for outstanding business results in 2016.

This is the sixth time Transcom Beverages has received the award since taking over the bottling operation in 2000, according to a statement.

Transcom Beverages has been leading the soft drinks market in Bangladesh for the last few years.

Latifur Rahman, chairman of Transcom Group, received the trophy from Samudra Bhattacharya, head of franchise operations of PepsiCo India region, at the function.

Arshad Waliur Rahman and Simeen Hossain, directors of Transcom Group; Manish Muley, country manager of PepsiCo Bangladesh; Khurshid Irfan Chowdhury, deputy managing director of Transcom Beverages; NK Bhowmik, general manager, finance and human resource; Asrar Alam, general manager, sales; Anisur Rahman, national sales manager; and Arif Hossain, marketing manager, were present at the ceremony at Hotel Jaypee in Agra, India on December 19.

Asrar Alam was also awarded the “President Ring of Honour”, the most prestigious award for any individual, while Anisur Rahman was awarded as “Pepsi Game Changer”.

Sohel Rana, territory development manager, won the “Region Ring of Honour” award and Rezaul Karim, customer executive, was awarded as “CE of the Year” for their outstanding performance in 2016.

Transcom Beverages had won the title of “International Bottler of the Year” in 2009, the most prestigious award from PepsiCo.

The most popular brand 7up has been awarded as the "Best Beverage Brand" for the last seven years in a row by Bangladesh Brand Forum, along with the award for the best plant in the entire region.

Transcom Beverages is the sole franchisee of PepsiCo in Bangladesh for bottling, distributing and marketing of world renowned CSD (carbonated soft drinks) brands like Pepsi, 7up, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, Slice, Diet Pepsi, 7up Lite and international drinking water brand Aquafina in Bangladesh.