30 avril 2009
The Biggest Cigarette Companies
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The Biggest Cigarette Companies
Today's cigarette market is is dominated by four companies: Philip
Morris USA, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co, Brown & Williamson, and
Lorillard. All companies were involved in the fledgling tobacco
industry of the late 1800's, and are proud of their industry influence.
Philip Morris USA
Philip Morris USA controls over 50% of the US cigarette market. Their
brand portfolio contains Marlboro, the top selling national and
international cigarette brand.
Other Philip Morris brands include: Accord, Alpine, Basic, Benson &
Hedges, Bristol, Bucks, Cambridge, Chesterfield, Collector's Choice,
Commander, Daves, English Ovals, L&Ms, Lark, Merit, Parliament,
Players, Saratoga, and Virginia Slims.
Philip Morris was originally a tobacconist in London, England.
His
store opened in the 1850s, first specializing in hand rolled Turkish
cigarettes. In 1900, the Philip Morris company incorporated in New
York, where it's headquarters are still located today.
Today, Philip Morris owns several facilities to keep up with consumer
demand. Virginia and North Carolina are home to two Manufacturing
Centers. Each center produces over 600 million cigarettes, and ships
over 3 million cartons a day.
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company
Controlling over 20% of the US market, RJ Reynolds is the second
largest cigarette manufacturer today. RJ Reynolds is the company that
owns Camel, the oldest and most controversial modern cigarette brand.
RJ Reynolds is responsible for four of today's Top 10 cigarette brands
- Camel, Winston, Salem and Doral. Other brands in the portfolio
include Century, Magna, Monarch, More, Now, and Sterling.
Founded in 1875, the company first manufactured chewing tobacco, and
later pipe tobacco and cigarettes. Camel cigarettes were the first
modern cigarettes on the market in 1913. Between 1958 and 1983, RJ
Reynolds was the leading cigarette manufacturer.
The largest of the company's manufacturing plants is located in
Tobaccoville, North Carolina.
Brown & Williamson
The third largest force in the cigarette market is Brown &
Williamson, with over 10% of the market share. The company is
responsible for many firsts in the cigarette industry.
Domestic US brands produced by Brown & Williamson include Barclay,
Belair, Capri, Carlton, GPC, Kool, Lucky Strike, Misty, Pall Mall
Filtered, Raleigh, Tareyton, and Viceroy.
George Brown and Robert Williamson were brothers-in-law, both sons of
successful men in the early tobacco industry. In 1893, they began a
formal partnership, first buying the senior Williamson's factory. After
finding success with their hand rolled cigarettes, they began steady
acquisition of smaller companies. In 1927, they became an arm of
British American Tobacco, then moved their facilities to Kentucky two
years later.
The first national brand of menthol cigarettes was B&W's Kool.
Cellulose acetate filters are also credited to B&W, first appearing
in Viceroys. In 1987, Capri's were the first superslim brand of
cigarettes on the market.
Brown and & Williamson is also responsible for one of the world's
best know brands - Lucky Strikes. Lucky Strikes were first marketed in
1853 as a smoking mixture, but was reintroduced as a manufactured
cigarette in 1916.
Lorillard
Lorillard was founded in 1760, and is the oldest tobacco company in the
US. Today, the company controls just under 10% of the US market. Their
brands include Kent, Maverick, Max, Newport, Satin, Triumph and True.
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