Scandinavian Tobacco Group
| Scandinavian Tobacco Group | |
|---|---|
| legal form | A / S |
| ISIN | DK0060696300 |
| founding | 1961 |
| Seat |
Copenhagen , Denmark
|
| management | Niels Frederiksen ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 7300 |
| sales | 6.464 billion DKK (866.2 million euros ) |
| Branch | Tobacco products |
| Website | www.st-group.com |
| As of December 31, 2017 | |
Scandinavian Tobacco Group is the largest manufacturer of cigars and pipe tobacco in the world. The company employs around 7,300 people and is headquartered in Copenhagen , Denmark .
history
The company was founded in 1961 as Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni and has developed from a local company into a brand that is well known far beyond the borders of Denmark. The Scandinavian Tobacco Group now employs around 9,500 people. After many changes of ownership and name in the past few years, the competencies were redistributed and the core business expanded, the company was given its current name in 2008. Since 2010 parts of Swedish Match AB have also belonged to the Danish group. The company went public in February 2016.
Products
The main business is the production and sale of cigars, pipe tobacco and rolling tobacco . The group has more than 200 brands. Its leading cigar brands include Café Crème, La Paz, Henri Wintermans, Colts, Mercator, Macanudo, CAO, Punch (US), Partagas (US) and Cohiba (US). The leading pipe tobacco brands are Erinmore, Borkum Riff, Colts, Captain Black and Clan.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ST-Group: Annual Report 2017 , accessed on February 22, 2019
- ^ Scandinavian Tobacco Group. In: www.st-group.com. Retrieved September 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Chad Bray: Scandinavian Tobacco Group Valued at $ 1.5 Billion in IPO In: The New York Times . February 10, 2016, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed November 10, 2019]).