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IRANIAN TOBACCO COMPANY
In 1928 Iranian Tobacco Company was organized in the form of a monopoly
for development of the tobacco industry in the country and is one of the
oldest tobacco industry in the Middle East engaged in cultivation of
tobacco and tombac and production of cigarette, tobacco, pipe tobacco and
tombac. The first cigarette making factory was established in Tehran in
1937 and later primary factories were installed in Rasht, Gorgan, Sari,
Orumiyeh and Khoy and, subsequently, Rasht Factory was installed with a
production capacity of 30 billion rods per year which, by implementation
of the renovation programs and technology, can be increased to 40 billion
rods annually. This factory is producing 21 billion rods for present.
For improvement of its local products ITC utilizes its potentials
coupled with suitable climatic conditions and expertise personnel in its
research institutes, fertile lands, available primary and processing
factories for producing cigarette and pipe tobacco and, accordingly, takes
advantage of foreign facilities such as investment and joint venture with
well-known multi-national companies for better satisfying its local
requirements as well as enjoying of a successful presence in the regional
and world markets. One of the main objectives of the joint venture with
foreign companies is meeting the local consumption and expansion of the
manufacturing and packing machinery for improving quality of the products
or producing new brands. In 1956 ITC became a member of CORESTA and is
continuing cooperation with this organization. ITC’s experts and
researchers participate in Coresta congress which will be set up every two
or four years in one of the member countries and exchange scientific
knowledge and achievements regarding tobacco industry and cultivation. Due
to its high quality cigarette tobacco ITC was awarded the golden award of
the Dutch Exhibition.
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