citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message scandinavian tobacco group a s type private industry tobacco founded 1961 as skandinavisk tobakskompagni a s headquarters copenhagen denmark key people niels frederiksen ceo products cigars pipe tobacco owner skandinavisk holding 33.2 % swedish match 31.2 % the capital group companies 5.1 % number of employees 9 400 website www.st group.com scandinavian tobacco group stg is the world s largest manufacturer of cigars and pipe tobacco . citation needed the group employs 9 500 people in among other countries where the dominican republic honduras indonesia europe australia and the united states . the company is headquartered in copenhagen denmark and is owned by the danish augustinus and c. w. obel foundations and swedish match . citation needed contents 1 history 2 products 3 business 4 external links 5 references history edit the company was founded as the scandinavian tobacco company in 1961 . during the reconstruction of 1990 all cigarettes manufacturing was gathered together in the new independent subsidiary company of house of prince a s and all cigars manufacturing was gathered together in nobel cigars a s now st cigar group holding b. v. in july 2008 the cigarette and snus operations of the company were acquired by british american tobacco . the company retained its cigar pipe tobacco rolling tobacco and tobacco bits businesses . in december 2008 the decision was made to change the company s name to scandinavian tobacco group . on 26 april 2010 it was announced that the parties had signed an agreement to form a new company by combining all the tobacco business of scandinavian tobacco group ab stg with the cigars and pipe tobacco business of swedish match ab sm with the exception of its us mass market cigars . after having obtained the required approvals from a number of national competition authorities the transaction has been completed with effect from 1 october 2010 . products edit stg s primary business is production and sales of cigars pipe tobacco and rolling tobacco . the group has more than 200 brands . its leading cigar brands include caf cr me la paz henri wintermans colts mercator macanudo cao punch us partagas us and cohiba us . the leading pipe tobacco brands are erinmore borkum riff colts captain black and clan while the most important roll your own brands include colts salsa bugler tiedemanns and escort . business edit today scandinavian tobacco group is the world s largest manufacturer of cigars and pipe tobacco . 1 the group employs approximately 9 000 people worldwide . 2 the group sells 3 billion cigars and 5 000 tons of pipe and fine cut tobacco annually 3 and sells cigars in more than 100 countries with sales companies in the us canada australia and most european countries . the group has production facilities in denmark the netherlands belgium the united states the dominican republic nicaragua honduras and indonesia . tobacco production takes place in the factory in assens denmark at lane limited in the united states . citation needed approximately 5 000 tons of tobacco is sold annually in 70 countries . citation needed external links edit companies portal official website references edit http www.bloomberg.com news articles 2014 11 28 buyout firms said vie for world s biggest cigar company http halfwheel.com niels frederiksen appointed ceo scandinavian tobacco group http www.bloomberg.com news articles 2016 01 14 scandinavian tobacco plans initial public offering in copenhagen this danish corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title scandinavian tobacco group & oldid 743298757 categories manufacturing companies of pijomanufacturing companies based in 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