Open Joint Stock Company «Grodno Tobacco Factory «Neman»
New technology to achieve quality
About company
On July 17, 1861 merchants Abram Gordon and Labe Shereshevskim opened tobacco factory in Grodno. JSC Grodno Tobacco Factory Neman - one of the oldest enterprises in the republic which throughout the sesquicentennial history never changed initial specialization, having carried by through all history the rich traditions and a high name up to now!
JSC Grodno Tobacco Factory Neman highly maintains the trade mark and today occupies 72% of the market of tobacco production of Republic of Belarus with total production of 28,5 billion pieces a year, and brand of own production of FEST - the most sold brand from shares of the market of 16%.
In the second half of the year 2014 the factory got the new ultramodern GD line with a productivity of 12 thousand cigarettes a minute, not having analogs in Republic of Belarus which is capable to make cigarettes with use of innovative technologies: with the filter mouthpiece, the filter with a capsule, the filter with a flavoring thread, with packing of packs in color polypropylene.
JSC Grodno Tobacco Factory Neman carries out production of tobacco brands for the largest world tobacco company "British American Tobacco" - Kent, Pall Mall, Lucky Strike, Vogue, Capri, Alliance, Viceroy, and also for the English company "Tobacco International Enterprises Limited" - Rider, Cooper, Oskar, Velvet.
JSC Grodno Tobacco Factory Neman lets out more than 40 own brands of cigarettes of 24,3 billion pieces a year: FEST, FEST COMPACT, FEST SUPERSLIMS, FEST NF, FEST Turbo, Primyer, the Magnate, the VIP, Minsk, Minsk city, Minsk capital, Minsk SUPERSLIMS, NZ 8, NZ 10, NZ Safari, NZ SuperSlims, NZ Sun, NZ GOLD COMPACT, NZ BLACK COMPACT, a line of the cigarettes Queen, Portal SUPERSLIM, Portal Compact, PORTAL Power, Matrix BLUE, quality and which design conforms to the international standards.
Production of JSC GTF Neman is exported to 15 countries of the world, the volume of export of 2014 made 8,5 billion pieces of cigarettes - 1,6 times more than a level of 2013 and 220 times above than a volume of export of 2009. For the maximum satisfaction of demand in foreign markets, are exported not only own brands, but also the brands made individually for the company customer. In 2014 such export brands of steel "Pirveli", "TA2", "Avalon", "Manchester", "INDIAN STRONG"