Common questions
- 1. Can you give me an overview of Imperial Tobacco?
Imperial Tobacco is a leading international tobacco company. We manufacture, market and sell a comprehensive range of cigarettes, tobaccos, rolling papers, filter tubes and cigars.
- 2. What is your strategy?
Our strategy is to create sustainable shareholder value by growing our operations both organically and through acquisitions.
- 3. What are your leading brands?
We have a multi-product portfolio and manufacture, market and sell a range of cigarettes, other tobacco products and rolling papers. Our key global brands are Davidoff, West, Gauloises Blondes, Golden Virginia, Drum and Rizla.
- 4. How many countries do you operate in?
We operate in more than 160 countries.
- 5. Where are your biggest markets?
Our key markets are the UK, Germany and Spain.
- 6. How many manufacturing facilities do you have?
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We have 51 manufacturing facilities: 31 cigarette factories, 18 other tobacco product and processing factories and 2 paper and tube factories.
- 7. How many employees do you have?
We have around 38,000 employees.
- 8. Do you just manufacture and sell cigarettes?
No, we have a multi-product portfolio. We are the world leaders in fine cut tobacco, cigars, papers and tubes and have a number of other tobacco products in our portfolio, including pipes and snus. Our brands include Cohiba, Montecristo, Golden Virginia, Drum and Rizla.
- 9. When was Imperial Tobacco founded?
The Imperial Tobacco Company (Great Britain and Ireland) Limited was formed in December 1901 by 13 family-run businesses, led by Wills, Players and Lambert & Butler.
- 10. I am looking to research your company history, where do I start?
Start with the comprehensive overview of our company history on this site.
