Altadis
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Altadis is a multinational
purveyor and manufacturer of cigarette
s, tobacco
and cigar
s. Altadis was formed via a 1999 merger
between Tabacalera
, the former Spanish tobacco monopoly and SEITA
, the former French tobacco monopoly
. Through its international holdings, including ownership of the former Consolidated Cigar Corporation, and half ownership of the Cuban state tobacco monopoly, Habanos S.A., Altadis is today the largest producer of mass market and premium cigars in the world, as well as the fourth largest producer of tobacco products. The company was acquired by the British tobacco giant Imperial Tobacco
in 2008.
industry into a single state-run monopoly
called Service d'Exploitation industrielle des tabacs (SEIT). The production of matches (alumettes) was added to the state monopoly's purview in 1935 and the company was renamed SEITA.
Following the end of World War II
, Spain similarly established a state-owned tobacco monopoly called Tabacalera, Sociedad Anonima, Compañia Gestora del Monopolio de Tabacos y Servicios Anejos, commonly known as Tabacalera
.
Throughout the decades of the 1960s and 1970s, national markets were gradually opened up to the importation of foreign tobacco brands and the national tobacco monopolies of both France and Spain were weakened and gradually privatized, with SEITA employees losing status as civil servants in 1962 and the company losing both its monopoly of tobacco cultivation and tobacco sales by 1971.
made editions of Romeo y Julieta
and Montecristo
.
Altadis also sells a range of prestige Cuba
n cigar brand
s, thanks to its acquisition of a 50% interest in the Cuban state tobacco monopoly, Habanos SA
, in 2000.
In 2003, Altadis acquired the internet seller 800-JR Cigar, Inc.
, one of the largest cigar retailers in the United States.
offer for the company by Imperial Tobacco
. The acquisition was cleared by the Spanish stock market regulator on 7 November 2007, paving the way for the creation of the world's fourth largest tobacco company. The acquisition was completed on 25 February 2008 with the delisting of Altadis from the Bolsa de Madrid
.
In 2004, Altadis Group economic sales rose 3.9% to euro 3.518 million with a staff of 27 500 people.
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Multinational corporation
A multi national corporation or enterprise , is a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation...
purveyor and manufacturer of cigarette
Cigarette
A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...
s, tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
and cigar
Cigar
A cigar is a tightly-rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco that is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Philippines, and the Eastern...
s. Altadis was formed via a 1999 merger
Mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling, dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities that can help an enterprise grow rapidly in its sector or location of origin, or a new field or...
between Tabacalera
Tabacalera
Tabacalera is a Spanish tobacco monopoly which was established in 1636, making it the oldest tobacco company in the world . In 1999 the company merged with SEITA of France to form Altadis. Its brands included Ducados and Fortuna....
, the former Spanish tobacco monopoly and SEITA
SEITA
SEITA , was the former French state-owned tobacco monopoly. It merged in 1999 with its Spanish equivalent, Tabacalera, to form Altadis.- See also :...
, the former French tobacco monopoly
Monopoly
A monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity...
. Through its international holdings, including ownership of the former Consolidated Cigar Corporation, and half ownership of the Cuban state tobacco monopoly, Habanos S.A., Altadis is today the largest producer of mass market and premium cigars in the world, as well as the fourth largest producer of tobacco products. The company was acquired by the British tobacco giant Imperial Tobacco
Imperial Tobacco
Imperial Tobacco is a global tobacco company headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom. It is the world’s fourth-largest cigarette company measured by market share , and the world's largest producer of cigars, fine-cut tobacco and tobacco papers...
in 2008.
French and Spanish state monopolies
In 1926, France concentrated its tobaccoTobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
industry into a single state-run monopoly
Monopoly
A monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity...
called Service d'Exploitation industrielle des tabacs (SEIT). The production of matches (alumettes) was added to the state monopoly's purview in 1935 and the company was renamed SEITA.
Following the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Spain similarly established a state-owned tobacco monopoly called Tabacalera, Sociedad Anonima, Compañia Gestora del Monopolio de Tabacos y Servicios Anejos, commonly known as Tabacalera
Tabacalera
Tabacalera is a Spanish tobacco monopoly which was established in 1636, making it the oldest tobacco company in the world . In 1999 the company merged with SEITA of France to form Altadis. Its brands included Ducados and Fortuna....
.
Throughout the decades of the 1960s and 1970s, national markets were gradually opened up to the importation of foreign tobacco brands and the national tobacco monopolies of both France and Spain were weakened and gradually privatized, with SEITA employees losing status as civil servants in 1962 and the company losing both its monopoly of tobacco cultivation and tobacco sales by 1971.
Acquisitions
Altadis also purchased Consolidated Cigar Corporation in the United States. Consolidated Cigar was a large purveyor of cigars such as the DominicanDominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
made editions of Romeo y Julieta
Romeo y Julieta (cigar brand)
Romeo y Julieta is the name of two brands of premium cigar, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in La Romana, Dominican Republic for Altadis SA. -History:...
and Montecristo
Montecristo
Montecristo is a small Italian islet, approximately 4.3 kilometers across at its widest point, located about halfway between Corsica and mainland Italy; south of Elba and west of Giglio. It is part of the Tuscan Archipelago...
.
Altadis also sells a range of prestige Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n cigar brand
Brand
The American Marketing Association defines a brand as a "Name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers."...
s, thanks to its acquisition of a 50% interest in the Cuban state tobacco monopoly, Habanos SA
Habanos SA
Habanos S.A. is the arm of the Cuban state tobacco company, Cubatabaco, that controls the promotion, distribution, and export of Cuban cigars and other tobacco products worldwide. The word habanos means literally from Havana, and is the word used in the Spanish-speaking world for Havana cigars...
, in 2000.
In 2003, Altadis acquired the internet seller 800-JR Cigar, Inc.
JR Cigars
800-JR Cigar, Inc., more commonly known as JR Cigar or JRCigars.com, is one of the largest wholesalers and retailers of cigars, cigar related products and pipe tobacco in the United States...
, one of the largest cigar retailers in the United States.
2008 sale
On 18 July 2007, the board of Altadis backed a €16.2 billion1000000000 (number)
1,000,000,000 is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001.In scientific notation, it is written as 109....
offer for the company by Imperial Tobacco
Imperial Tobacco
Imperial Tobacco is a global tobacco company headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom. It is the world’s fourth-largest cigarette company measured by market share , and the world's largest producer of cigars, fine-cut tobacco and tobacco papers...
. The acquisition was cleared by the Spanish stock market regulator on 7 November 2007, paving the way for the creation of the world's fourth largest tobacco company. The acquisition was completed on 25 February 2008 with the delisting of Altadis from the Bolsa de Madrid
Bolsa de Madrid
Bolsa de Madrid is the largest and most international of Spain's four regional stock exchanges that trade shares and convertible bonds and fixed income securities, and both government and private-sector debt...
.
Company today
Western Europe’s third largest cigarette manufacturer, Altadis produces and sells blond, regular and dark cigarettes. Its major markets include the United States, Spain and France.In 2004, Altadis Group economic sales rose 3.9% to euro 3.518 million with a staff of 27 500 people.
Cigarettes
Blond tobacco- Anfa
- Balkan Star (BS)
- Brooklyn
- Colt
- Ducados Rubio
- Fine
- FortunaFortuna (cigarette)Fortuna is a brand of cigarettes owned by Franco-Spanish company Altadis, and hence a sub-section of British tobacco group Imperial Tobacco. Fortuna contains a blend of American tobacco made mainly from Virginia-type tobacco...
- Fox
- Gauloises Blondes
- Iris
- Marquise
- News
- Nobel
- Popularne
- Prima
- Royale
- Smart
- Spike
- ZK (Golden Ring)
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- GitanesGitanesGitanes is a brand of French cigarettes, sold in many varieties of strengths and packages. It is currently owned by Imperial Tobacco following their acquisition of Altadis in January 2008, having been owned by SEITA before that. Originally rolled with darker or brun tobacco, in contrast to...
- Habanos
- Casa Sports
- BN
- Ducados
Cigars
Premium- Don Diego
- Flor de Copan
- H. UpmannH. Upmann (cigar brand)H. Upmann is a brand name of premium cigar, made in two versions: one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in La Romana, Dominican Republic for the Franco-Spanish tobacco monopoly Altadis SA. Established in 1844, the H. Upmann...
- José Piedra
- Longshamp
- MontecristoMontecristo (cigar brand)Montecristo is the name of two brands of premium cigars, one produced in Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in La Romana, Dominican Republic for the Franco-Spanish tobacco monopoly Altadis SA.- History :...
- Pleiades
- QuinteroQuintero (cigar brand)Quintero is the name of two brands of premium cigar, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced from Nicaraguan and Honduran tobacco for the Franco-Spanish tobacco monopoly Altadis SA....
- Romeo y JulietaRomeo y Julieta (cigar brand)Romeo y Julieta is the name of two brands of premium cigar, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in La Romana, Dominican Republic for Altadis SA. -History:...
- Santa Damiana
- VegaFina
- Siglo Limited Reserve
Popular
- Antonio y Cleopatra
- Backwoods
- Ducados Cigarros
- Dutch MastersDutch Masters (cigar)Dutch Masters is a brand of natural wrapped cigars sold in the United States since 1911. Its distinctive packaging features Rembrandt's 1662 painting The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild . Dutch Masters cigars are currently manufactured and sold by Altadis U.S.A., Inc., which is the American...
- Dux
- Entrefinos
- Entrefinos
- Farias
- Fleur de Savane
- Guantanamera
- Havanitos
- Henry ClayHenry Clay (cigar brand)Henry Clay is a brand of cigars named after early American politician Henry Clay . The cigars are currently manufactured in the Dominican Republic.-History:...
- Niñas
- Phillie
- Picaduros
- Tampa Nugget
Other
Rolling Tobacco- Amsterdamer
- Kennings
- Gauloises
- Picadura Ideales
- Picadura Selecta
- Picadura Fina
Logistic
- Logista - Logista
- Logista France - Logista France
- Logista Portugal - Logista Portugal
- Logista Italia and Etinera - Logista Italia
- Régie des Tabacs - Altadis Maroc (before Régie des Tabacs)
- Rouge Papier - Rouge Papier
- Nordipa - Nordipa
- LPM Promodern - LPM Promodern