Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Habanos SA have used their Cohiba brand name for non-cigar products, manufacturing Cohiba cigarettes since 1987 and Extra Cohiba Cognac since 1999. In 1992 approximately 3.4 million cigars were produced in Cuba bearing the Cohiba label, out of a total Cuban cigar export production of approximately 60 million pieces. [8]
In May 2019, Imperial Tobacco announced their intention to sell their premium cigar division, including their share in Habanos S.A. [1] [6] [7] One year later, Imperial Brands announced the sale of Habanos S.A. through two different transactions for a total of €1,225 million. Firstly the U.S.-based business, "Premium Cigar USA" will be sold ...
The Cohiba, a trademark now owned by Habanos S.A., was conceived in the factory in February 1967. [4] The varieties included Exquisitos, Lancero, Behike, and more. In the mid-to-late 1960s, one of Castro's bodyguards was noticed smoking a noticeably aromatic but unbranded cigar. After locating the cigar maker, Eduardo Ribera, it was agreed to establish t
The Cuban cigar is also referred to as El Habano. [3] A Cuban cigar being hand-rolled (hecho a mano) Cubatabaco and Habanos SA – held equally by the Cuban state and Spanish-based private enterprise Altadis – do all the work relating to Cuban cigars, including manufacture, quality control, promotion and distribution, and export. [4]
Por Larrañaga (meaning by Larrañaga) is the name of a cigar brand produced in Cuba for Habanos S.A., the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, as well as a non-Cuban line of cigars produced in the Dominican Republic and Honduras for Altadis, a subsidiary of Imperial Brands. Por Larrañaga cigars have been in continuous production in Cuba since 1834.
Cohiba (an Indigenous Cuban word for "tobacco" [1] [2]) is a Cuban brand of cigarettes created by Habanos S.A. They are currently manufactured by the French-Spanish company Altadis, a subsidiary of Imperial Brands. Since 2003, "Brascuba Cigarrillos" has produced the brand in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Russia.
Trinidad is a Cuban brand of cigars, named after the city of Trinidad, Cuba. [1] A production plant is located in Cuba and managed by the Cuban manufacturing company Habanos S.A., and a production plant is located in the Dominican Republic and managed by the Spanish manufacturing company Altadis which is a subsidiary of the British tobacco company Imperial Brands.
From 1978 General Cigar has also produced the Cuban tobacco free Partagas and Bolivar cigar brands for the American market in competition with Cuban brands of the same name. Initial production of Partagas was conducted in Jamaica , but the following year production moved to a modern 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m 2 ) factory in Santiago, Dominican ...