Grand River Enterprises (Germany)

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Production facility in Rietz

The Grand River Enterprises (Germany) GmbH is a German subsidiary of Grand River Enterprises Six Nations Ltd., a manufacturer of tobacco products in Canada . The company was founded in 2004.

history

Grand River Enterprises was founded in 1992 by several Mohawks in the Six Nations of the Grand River Indian reservation in Ontario, Canada . It was named after the Grand River , a river that flows through the reserve to Lake Erie . In order to expand into the European market, the company decided to set up a production facility in Germany for 50 million euros . Rietz in the municipality of Kloster Lehnin was chosen as the location for the factory . Around a quarter of the total investment was covered by subsidies from the state of Brandenburg, for example . After starting production in 2006 with 40 to 50 employees, the company grew rapidly. In 2007 the plant in Rietz was one of fewer than twenty production sites for the tobacco industry in Germany. In 2010, sales including tobacco tax were over 570 million euros. Since 2011, this tax is no longer shown in the operating result in the cost of materials, but previously offset against sales. Sales excluding tobacco tax were 33 million euros in 2011 and 31 million euros in 2012. Including the tobacco tax, the gross proceeds amounted to 450 and 362 million euros respectively. The directors of Grand River Entersprises are the directors Jerry Montour and Kenneth Hill. In 2014 there were around 290 employees in the company. The following year 2015 saw the first major layoffs at Grand River Enterprises.

production

In 2014 the company in Rietz alone was producing around 10 billion cigarettes a year. In addition to the German market, products were also produced for Belgium , the Netherlands , Switzerland , Poland , Austria , Spain , the Czech Republic , Slovakia , Slovenia , Luxembourg , Japan , Somalia and Denmark . In addition to cigarettes, Grand River Enterprises produces roll-your-own fine-cut tobacco , tobacco boxes and filter tubes. The processed tobacco comes from the company's own cultivation areas in Canada or from Brazil , Mexico , India , the USA and Bulgaria and is mixed into an American blend . The best-known products are tobacco and cigarettes from the house brand Mohawk. Other brands are Mark 1 or American Club. Grand River Enterprises also produces for the discounters Lidl and Aldi . In addition to the plant in Rietz, Grand River Enterprises (Deutschland) GmbH also operates a so-called Mohawk store in neighboring Brandenburg an der Havel , where tobacco products, textiles and Indian jewelry can be bought.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Holger Wild: The blue haze of the Mohawk . Published on February 1, 2006 in Der Tagesspiegel . Accessed February 16, 2015.
  2. ^ German Cancer Research Center (ed.): Tabakatlas Deutschland 2009 , Steinkopff 2009, page 65, ISBN 978-3798518827 .
  3. ↑ Voige, auditor and Kampmeyer, auditor: GRE Grand River Enterprises Deutschland GmbH Kloster Lehnin Annual financial statements as of December 31, 2010 Balance as of December 31, 2010 , Hamburg, August 24, 2012.
  4. ↑ Jerry Bradwick Montour, Kenneth Ryan Hill: GRE Grand River Enterprises Deutschland GmbH Kloster Lehnin Annual financial statements as of December 31, 2012 Balance as of December 31, 2012 , Rietz, January 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ a b c Frank Bürstenbinder: The chimneys smoke with the Indians . Published on August 29, 2014 in Märkische Allgemeine . Accessed January 16, 2015.
  6. ↑ Frank Bürstenbinder: Cigarette jobs go up in smoke . Published on February 3, 2015 in Märkische Allgemeine . Accessed February 10, 2015.
  7. ^ Grand River Enterprises (Germany) GmbH . Accessed January 16, 2015.
  8. ↑ GRE own brands . Accessed January 16, 2015.