British American Tobacco (BAT or BTI on American Stock Exchange) is in the third place among the largest world tobacco companies with headquarter in London, England, with a market capitalization of over £30 billion. It is famous for producing cigarettes of premium quality that are sold in more than 180 countries.
It began operating in 1902 as a joint venture of the Imperial Tobacco Co. and James Duke's American Tobacco Co (a tobacco trade cartel), and grew to be the major cigarette company in many countries -- but not in the USA or in the UK where each of the partner organizations had agreed not to compete with the other. During the trust-busting era of President Theodore Roosevelt, The American Tobacco Co. was forced to divest its interest, and in the years that followed. Imperial Tobacco also reduced its shareholdings. Eventually BAT became a relatively independent organization that out-grew its parent.
BAT Industries
The appearance of smoking tobacco under this name started in 1902 when UK Imperial Tobacco Company and American Tobacco Company have joined together and created the British American Tobacco company lead by James ‘Buck’ Duke. The tobacco companies have agreed on selling cigarettes outside the UK and United States. The area of cigarette distribution has become the entire Europe and more. In present, British American Tobacco has representatives in states across Africa, Asia, Latin America and continental Europe. British American Tobacco is a world-famous trademark with a rich experience in quality tobacco.BTA cigarettes are present on cigarette market for more than 100 years. Its smoking products are highly valued among smokers around the world.
The list of British American Tobacco international famous cigarette brands includes: Dunhill, Kent, State Express 555, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Peter Stuyvesant, Benson & Hedges, Winfield, John Player, Lucky Strike, Kool, and Viceroy. These smoking products take leading places among smokers from the entire world.
British American Tobacco has also a limited number of cigarette brands that are sold exclusively on local tobacco markets, such as: Jockey Club (Argentina), Stradbroke (Australia), du Maurier (Canada), North State (Finland), HB (Germany), Sopianae (Hungary), Wills (India), Ardath (Indonesia), Carrolls (Ireland), Boots (Mexico), Jan III Sobieski (Poland), Yava Gold (Russia), Courtleigh (South Africa), Parisienne (Switzerland), GPC (United States) and Xon (Uzbekistan).
In June of 2006, an agreement between two leading tobacco companies Reynolds’s Tobacco and British American Tobacco for producing Camel cigarettes in Sweden was established. This partnership is the evidence of BAT's importance on international tobacco market. The original “Camel” cigarette will be tested on smoking markets of Portland and Austin. As confirmed by the manufacturer of this tobacco product, it will soon be available on the market.
