Utf Russia

Closeup - Union Tobacco Factory Group Inc.Companies are like people. To understand who are you dealing with you need to see the background: Where did it all start, what was the key turning point, and which decision changed it all. It all startedin 2005 with the acquisition of Prokopyevsk Tobacco Factory in Kemerovo Region. The manufacturing of oval cigarettes and non-filter cigarettes kicked off.The turning pointLas Vegas, 2007, an international tobacco trade fair with leading industry players. The quality of cigarettes was astonishing, and our company founders made a key decision, which was to manufacture our products by American standards, adapting them to the Russian market (with lower tar and nicotine content). It was important that we met representatives of ProTobacco (Columbia), Cheyenne (the U.S.), and Michael Dean Rose, the seventh-generation American farmer.Those Bulgarian cigarettesThe 2008 crisis, despite its risks and challenges, gave a boost to our growth and development. The result of that challenging year was a license agreement on manufacturing and sales of popular Bulgarian brands at our own factory in Russia. Since 2009, these brands in our portfolio have enabled sales across the Russian Federation and allowed augmenting our customer base.Union Tobacco Factory Group Inc.is the new name the company was given in 2011. In 2013, the company started manufacturing and selling its proprietary trademarks only. In 2014, with the new CEO arrival, the producer embraced new principles of distribution, focusing on the product presence in points of sale; new branches opened.Today UTF Group Inc.has 25 branches in Russia, a production complex in Kaliningrad, and over 700 employees: Our portfolio of cigarette brands includes 11 original registered brands:Deans,Joy,Sweet Smell,Sensation,Winchester,LF,Dakota,Vega,Fenix,T&W,DEEP.