BAT (Germany) has announced that its Berlin cigarette factory will be closed by the middle of 1999
Archive - June 2005
Schweitzer Maudit International, Inc.has announced the start-up of a new long fibre paper machine at its Papeteries de Maudit subsidiary in Quimperle (as...
Dr Del Gizzo, director of the Italian tobacco monopoly, has been relieved of his duties
Reemtsma, Greece, has a new address from March 3, 1997: Tatoiou Str
Nowea International, the German trade fair organisation of the largest worldwide packaging fair “Interpack“ in Düsseldorf, FRG, is promoting an...
The Swiss-based conglomerate Richemont, controlled by the South African Rupert family has increased pre-tax profits by 15 per cent to US$1.52 billion during...
Gunnar Stenberg A/S, the second largest company on the Norwegian tobacco market, received the medal of honour from Denmark’s Prince Henrik and was awarded by...
The first international conference on the Russian packaging industry will be held in Moscow from 24 to 25 of June 1997
OroAmerica, Inc announced that it has started building a 26000 square foot cigar manufacturing facility in Indonesia to support its recently announced entry...
Tabacalera, the Spanish state-controlled tobacco group awaiting further privatisation, has revised its profit figures for last year to show a sharper, 16 per...
After 1 June 1997 the sale of cigarette packs which do not bear tax stamps will be banned
The German association of tobacco wholesalers and vending machine operators (BDTA) has agreed on a voluntary ban of cigarette vending machines in the vicinity...
British American Tobacco (BAT) intends to invest US$ 150 million in its cigarette plants in Russia
A new general advertising law has been approved by the Hungarian parliament
According to a recent interview with President Shevardnadze, the Georgian presidential economics council has drafted legislation on excise taxation of...
GD Enveloppeuses Automatiques, France, has a new address since May 5, 1997: Tour Lyon-Bercy 173, rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, tel
Rothmans International plans to open a new cigarette factory near St
The managing director of Philip Morris Russia, Mr Kursat Kocdag, has announced that the company is planning to invest around US$ 300 million in Russia over the...
The cost of a packet of 20 cigarettes is set to rise in the United Kingdom by 19 pence (US$ 0.31) from December 1, 1997, due to a tax increase announced by the...
Philippine tobacco growers have repeatedly protested against what they describe as discriminatory taxation of their industry and are demanding the same...