As of April 2007, German based belting specialist Siegling will become "Forbo Movement Systems".
Archive - March 2007
The Serb government has adopted an action plan for the production and trade of tobacco and tobacco products at its session yesterday.
British American Tobacco said in its annual report that more than one in 20 cigarettes smoked worldwide is either smuggled or produced illegally.
The volume of cigarette exports from Russia rose by 30 per cent in 2006, according to the trade news agency Rustabak.
Foreign supermarkets in China are still selling cigarettes despite a ban imposed on them by a regulation issued on 7 March 2007.
Germany's federal states agreed Thursday to ban smoking in restaurants and pubs but allowed exceptions for small bars and premises with extra smoking...
Chancellor Gordon Brown has raised duty by 11 pence on packs of 20 cigarettes under the budget presented Wednesday, 21 March.
The European Commission says it is taking France to the EU's highest court, the European Court of Justice, for fixing minimum retail prices of cigarettes.
Altria Group yesterday said its shareholders will receive 0.692024 of a Kraft Foods share for each Altria share held as of the close of business on 16 March...
Gareth Davis, chief executive of Imperial Tobacco, is reported to be seeking talks with its Franco-Spanish rival, Altadis, which rejected an offer of € 11.5...
Britain's Imperial Tobacco has made a long-awaited cash bid for Altadis, valuing its Franco-Spanish rival at € 11.5 billion (US$ 15.2 billion).
Danish tobacco company Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni plans to shut down its Oslo factory and move production to its own facility in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Philip Morris’ Russian subsidiaries made nearly 92 billion cigarettes in 2006, reports Rustabak trade news agency.
Gallaher Group, the cigarette company in the midst of an acquisition by Japan Tobacco, said that full-year profit rose 9.2 per cent after the company boosted...
Zimbabwe's flue-cured tobacco selling season, initially scheduled to start 14 March, has been postponed indefinitely because farmers are not ready to sell.
The majority of Gallaher Group shareholders approved Japan Tobacco’s proposed acquisition of Gallaher at the court meeting held in London on 9 March.
State Attorney General Darrell McGraw has filed a civil suit against a Brazilian tobacco company, claiming it has not paid more than US$ 2 million in state...
The Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development on Friday said cigarettes in Brazil pay fewer tributes compared to countries in the European Union and the...
Czech MPs today harmonised a ban on tobacco advertising with the EU, but industry and trade minister Martin Riman said the country still faces a fine for poor...
Cigarette packages will have picture-based warnings beginning next year, the ministry of health and welfare said on 8 March.