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Founded. 1886. Headquarters. Richmond, Virginia [1] Website. www.universalcorp.com. Universal Corporation (NYSE: UVV) is one of the world's leading tobacco merchants. Incorporated in 1886, Universal is headquarters in Richmond, Virginia, in the United States.
American Cigar Company (Norfolk, Virginia) American Cigar Company are two historic cigar factory buildings located at Norfolk, Virginia. The buildings were built about 1903 and consist of a stemmery and the boiler room. Albert F. Huntt is credited as the architect. The American Cigar Co. was created in 1901 as a subsidiary of the American ...
The American Tobacco Company was a tobacco company founded in 1890 by J. B. Duke through a merger between a number of U.S. tobacco manufacturers including Allen and Ginter, Goodwin & Company, and Kinney Brothers. The company was one of the original 12 members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896. The American Tobacco Company dominated ...
Tobacco cultivation and exports formed an essential component of the American colonial economy. It was distinct from rice, wheat, cotton and other cash crops in terms of agricultural demands, trade, slave labor, and plantation culture. Many influential American revolutionaries, including Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, owned tobacco ...
Altria Group, Inc. (previously known as Philip Morris Companies, Inc.) is an American corporation and one of the world's largest producers and marketers of tobacco, cigarettes, and medical products in the treatment of illnesses caused by tobacco. It operates worldwide and is headquartered in Henrico County, Virginia, just outside the city of ...
Pamplin Pipe Factory. Pamplin Pipe Factory, also known as Merrill and Ford, The Akron Smoking Pipe Factory, and The Pamplin Smoking Pipe and Manufacturing Company, is a historic factory and archaeological site located at Pamplin, Appomattox County, Virginia. Located on the property are a wood-framed factory building, a deteriorating brick kiln ...
Bonsack's partnership with tobacco industrialist James Buchanan Duke made full commercial use of the invention, which could produce 120,000 cigarettes in 10 hours, [7] (200 per minute), and thereby revolutionized the cigarette industry. [6] [10] Duke set a deal with the Bonsack Machine Company in 1884. Duke agreed to produce all cigarettes with ...
Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) is an American multinational tobacco company, with products sold in over 180 countries. The most recognized and best selling product of the company is Marlboro. [ 4 ] Philip Morris International is often referred to as one of the companies comprising Big Tobacco.