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Formerly | Imperial Tobacco Group plc (1996–2016)[1] |
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Company type | Public limited company |
LSE: IMB FTSE 100 Component | |
Industry | Tobacco |
Predecessor | W.D. & H.O. Wills |
Founded | 1901 |
Headquarters | Bristol, England |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | List
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Number of employees | 25,500 (2023)[2] |
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Website | imperialbrandsplc |
Imperial Brands plc (formerly Imperial Tobacco Group plc) is a British multinational tobacco company headquartered in London and Bristol, England.[4] It is the world's fourth-largest international cigarette company measured by market share after Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco and Japan Tobacco and the world's largest producer of fine-cut tobacco and tobacco papers.[5]
Imperial Brands has 30 factories worldwide and its products are sold in around 120 countries.[6] Its brands include Davidoff, West, Golden Virginia (the world's best-selling hand rolling tobacco), Drum (the world's second-largest-selling fine-cut tobacco) and Rizla.[7]
Imperial Brands also have expanded their product range in recent years to include alternative nicotine products, including the blu vape brand, the Pulze and iD heated tobacco system, and the Zone X and Skruf nicotine pouches.
Imperial Brands is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.[8]
Imperial Tobacco Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of British American Tobacco, has no relationship to Imperial Brands.