Dannemann cigar factory
| Dannemann Cigarrenfabrik GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1873 |
| Seat | Luebbecke , Germany |
| management | Johann Busmann, managing director |
| Number of employees | 323 (2018) |
| sales | 142 million EUR (2018) |
| Branch | Tobacco products |
| Website | www.dannemann.com |
The Dannemann cigar factory GmbH is a cigar factory in the East Westphalian city of Lübbecke in North Rhine-Westphalia . Dannemann is the market leader in Germany in the cigars and cigarillos segment and owns the Dannemann brand .
history
The company was founded by the Bremen- born entrepreneur Geraldo Dannemann , who emigrated to Brazil in 1872 at the age of 21 . In 1873 he opened a cigar factory in the small town of São Félix . He had always been in contact with cigars in his childhood, so he recognized the potential there. Initially, with six employees, he began growing tobacco , shaping cigars and exporting them to Europe. From 1910 onwards, it increased to around 4,000 employees at seven factory locations. This made him one of the most important industrialists in the Brazilian state of Bahia .
In 1922 the companies of Dannemann and Stender merged to form Companhia de Charutos Dannemann .
The Second World War interrupted because of the economic embargo the transatlantic trade and Dannemann was in Brazil expropriated and the company of the Brazilian bank Banco do Brasil performed.
After the war, Dannemann got his possessions back in Brazil. In 1954 he had to file for bankruptcy.
In the subsequent period, the Dannemann brand belonged to the Melitta group of companies located in Minden before it was sold.
The rights to the Dannemann brand were sold to Liechtenstein . The German Dannemann GmbH and the Swiss company Burger Söhne shared the rights to use the brand. In 1988 the Burger Group bought the German trademark rights for Dannemann and took over Dannemann GmbH in Lübbecke, since then the brand has been in one hand.
After the reunification, another production site was opened in Treffurt .
The products have been further developed since the 1980s, with the introduction of metal cans for carrying in a pocket and better packaging for keeping them fresh. In 1994 the flavored cigarillo , the Dannemann Moods , was launched, followed by a variant as a filter cigarillo.
Based on the Centro Cultural Dannemann in Bahia, Brazil, the Centro Dannemann was founded in Brissago , Switzerland at the beginning of 2002 .
Today (2011) the Dannemann Group is one of the most traditional European tobacco companies and market leader in Germany in the field of cigarillos and cigars.
Products
Only Sumatra and Brazil tobacco are used in the manufacture of Dannemann products. The best-known new product is Dannemann Moods .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Consolidated financial statements of Dannemann Cigarrenfabrik GmbH as of December 31, 2018, published on bundesanzeiger.de
- ^ Business information Locarno , accessed on November 15, 2011.
Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 38.4 " N , 8 ° 36 ′ 51.7" E