Scandinavian Tobacco Group has completed the acquisition of Royal Agio Cigars for 1762 crore Indian Rupees (about $235 million). Based in The Netherlands, Royal Agio is known for machine-made brands such as Panter and Mehari\u2019s as well as the premium cigar line Balmoral, a handmade brand produced in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n
The deal began in September, and today, Denmark-based tobacco giant STG announced that the transaction was complete.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very pleased that we have completed the acquisition of Royal Agio,\u201d said Niels Frederiksen, CEO for STG, adding that the deal \u201csignificantly strengthens our position in several key machine-made markets in Europe\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Founded in 1904, Royal Agio is based in Duizel, The Netherlands and has approximately 3,200 full-time employees. It claims to produce more than 770 million cigars per year (most by machine), and exports its products to more than 100 countries. Before the deal, the company was owned by the Wintermans family.<\/p>\n
Scandinavian Tobacco Group is among the giants of the cigar industry, responsible for such brands as\u00a0Macanudo,\u00a0La Gloria Cubana\u00a0and\u00a0CAO\u00a0through its subsidiary\u00a0General Cigar Co.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe acquisition leaves Scandinavian Tobacco Group as a bigger, more competitive and more profitable company better suited to pursue growth and create value for our shareholders,\u201d Frederiksen said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Scandinavian Tobacco Group has completed the acquisition of Royal Agio Cigars for 1762 crore Indian Rupees (about $235 million). Based in The Netherlands, Royal Agio is known for machine-made brands such as Panter and Mehari\u2019s as well as the premium cigar line Balmoral, a handmade brand produced in the Dominican Republic. The deal began in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,59,20,24,27],"tags":[2,3,5,204,192,125,195,7,29,30,122,45,33,205,206,207,208,209],"class_list":["post-1665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cigars","category-home-banner","category-india-cigar-club","category-luxury","category-news","tag-cigars","tag-indiacigarclub","tag-lifestyle","tag-acquisitions","tag-belicoso","tag-cao-cigars","tag-carlito-fuente","tag-cigar","tag-cigar-festival","tag-cigars-in-india","tag-cigars-india","tag-cigarsindia","tag-luxuryampersandfrolics","tag-ma","tag-macanudo","tag-mergers","tag-royal-agio-cigars","tag-scandinavian-tobacco-group"],"yoast_head":"\n