US-based company Wellstone Filters announced that it has entered into an agreement with US Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers to manufacture Wellstone's product line.

US Flue Cured is a 350,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility located in Timberlake, North Carolina, with a reported capacity of 10 billion cigarettes annually. The factory was previously owned by Vector Group.
Wellstone is planning to produce flue-cured tobacco based blends there. (ci)