Through its tobacco processing plants, BULGARTABAC is a major
buyer, processor and exporter of tobaccos, cultivated in Bulgaria.
The Oriental tobaccos are with the biggest production quota.
Owing to suitable agro-climatic conditions, tradition, experience
and skill of the Bulgarian tobacco farmer and Bulgartabac's
expert management, the world renowned Oriental varieties:
Djebel, Krumovgrad, Nevrokop, Dupniza, East Balkan, Topolovgrad,
Harmanli, Melnik, North Bulgaria are grown in the country.
BULGARTABAC Holding Group also buys and processes domestic
tobaccos from the types Virginia and Burley.
Through its affiliates Bulgartabac Holding Group supports
the tobacco farmer during the whole season from transplanting
until harvesting. The company supplies tobacco seeds free
of charge and renders agro-technical advice. Bulgartabac provides
also the farmer with fertilizers, polyethylene, etc.
For facilitating farmers tobacco buying stations are located
in the villages where experts of the Holding assess the tobaccos.
Tobacco manipulation and storage houses are built according
to international technological and customers' requirements
for production of high quality tobacco in bales and strips.
Implementing innovations in tobacco growing, harvesting
and processing is one of the activities of the Tobacco Research
Institute, an affiliate of the Holding.
The company is among the big cigarette manufacturers in
the world. Use of modern equipment, application of most advanced
technologies and precise quality control enables BULGARTABAC
to manufacture international style cigarettes keeping up with
the latest trends in consumer's demand. The cigarettes, manufactured
by BULGARTABAC cover the whole range of blends: Virginia,
American, European and Oriental. During the last several years
following the changes in consumers' preferences, BULGARTABAC
began producing cigarettes in Medium, Lights and Ultra Lights
categories.
Along with established cigarette brands, trade marks of
BULGARTABAC, an increasing share of the company's production
is occupied by new brand families: Bulgartabac, Victory, Rodopi,
Sredec, Inter etc. Among the main activities of the Holding
is the export of cigarettes. The ambition of the company is
to consolidate its position on the traditional markets as
well as to look for new export opportunities. To our satisfaction
the company's products are already well-accepted in Israel,
Latin America, the Middle and Far East and other prospective
cigarette markets.
The efforts in recent years are concentrated on establishing
joint-ventures for cigarette production with companies from
Eastern Europe - Russia, Ukraine, Romania and others. Several
cigarette factories are already in operation in these territories
in which BULGARTABAC participates with investments, know-how,
technologies and equipment.
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