Grupo Tampico

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Grupo Tampico S.A. de C.V.

Type	Private
Founded	Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico (1912)
Headquarters	Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Key people	Leo Fleishman, Founder Herman H. Fleishman (President & CEO) Robert A. Fleishman (Vice President & COO)
Industry	Automotive, Plastics, Services, Soft drinks and Tourism
Products	Coca-Cola, Escuis, Peña-Pura, Megamotors, Plásticos Panamericanos, etc.
Website	www.grupotampico.com

Grupo Tampico is one of the most important corporations in the Northeastern part of Mexico. Located in Tampico, Tamaulipas. Grupo Tampico main products are Coca-Cola, Automobiles and Tourism services.

[edit] History

Grupo Tampico began in 1912 as "La Pureza", a soft drink company, under the leadership of Mr. Leo Fleishman. With the same vision, Mr. H. H. Fleishman, son of Leo, successfully led the development of the second-generation companies of the Group. He also negotiated with the The Coca-Cola Company so that, in 1926 Tampico became the first city in the Mexico to bottle the soft drink Coca-Cola.

His son, H. H. "Jack" Fleishman, later continued with the growth and diversification of the third-generation companies of Grupo Tampico. Today, Herman H. Fleishman, son of H. H. "Jack", is the President and CEO of Grupo Tampico while his brother, Robert A. Fleishman is Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Grupo Tampico, today, is one of the most important business organizations in the Northeastern part of Mexico, with presence in of all Mexico with its leading brands of products and services, specifically in the states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, San Luis Potosí , Jalisco, Nuevo León, Coahuila and the State of Mexico.

In 2006 Grupo Tampico, opened a new Coca-Cola bottling manufacturer in Altamira named La Pureza after the original name of Grupo Tampico which Leo Fleishman founded in 1912.