Debra Kelly-Ennis was elected to the Board of Directors at Altria Group, expanding the tobacco company's governing body to 12 directors from 11, Altria...
Archive - February 2013
Mitch Zeller, who helped spear government efforts to regulate the tobacco industry in the 1990s, will replace Dr. Lawrence Deyton in March as head of the...
Key Technology will acquire Visys, a Belgian maker of digital sorters, in a deal valued at USD 21 million (EUR 16 million), the US process automation...
President Vladimir Putin signed into law a series of anti-smoking measures that sets curbs on tobacco advertising, prices, sales and smoking in public areas to...
The Ministry of Finance in a regulatory filing said the government will sell 333 million shares of its stake in Japan Tobacco Inc. in a transaction expected to...
NewCo, an independent tobacco dealer based in Europe, said it will market all Brazilian tobaccos contracted by Tabacos Venus.
Leaf prices during the first week of auction averaged more than last year and should top USD 5 per kilogram (EUR 3.78) for quality as leaf from higher up on...
Inter-tabac Asia, a trade fair devoted to tobacco retailers, will feature exhibitors from at least 16 countries based on registrations in the run-up to the...
Filtrona and BBM Bommidala Group have formed a joint venture to manufacture cigarette filters in the United Arab Emirates, Filtrona announced.
Coming off a year in which sales rose 7 per cent, Swedish Match said it expects snus and snuff volumes will continue to grow in 2013 but profit to decline due...
Sale of a USD 10 billion (EUR 7.5 billion) stake in Japan Tobacco (JT) held by the government is expected to begin in a matter of days, Reuters news agency...
Legislation to mandate plain packaging for tobacco products will go before Parliament before the end of this year, Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia said...
Amcor announced it will buy selected assets of AGI-Shorewood’s (ASG) tobacco packaging and specialty folding operations for USD 114.8 million (EUR 85.7...
A series of anti-smoking measures including bans on advertising and displaying tobacco products, and their sale in traditional kiosks, was approved in the...
Lorillard sales rose 1.5 per cent to a record USD 6.6 billion (EUR 4.9 billion) in 2012, a year in which the company said it shipped fewer cigarettes but...
RJ Reynolds Tobacco shipment volume fell 2.7 per cent or 500 million cigarettes in the last three months of 2012, representing most of the overall US industry...
Bernd Gohlke, formerly Metsa Board’s head of customer service in central and eastern Europe, has taken over as area sales director for Germany, Austria...
Cigarette sales remain steady following introduction in December of a standard olive-brown pack with large graphic health warnings for all brands, according to...
Philip Morris International (PMI) will submit a proposal to the Greek government for the purchase of half of the Greek tobacco output through 2015, the...
The top three foreign tobacco companies doing business in Korea saw their combined market share drop 5 percentage points in January, after increasing prices on...