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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 | 24,900 (2024)[2] |
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Website | imperialbrandsplc |
Imperial Brands plc (originally the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain & Ireland, and subsequently Imperial Tobacco Group plc) is a British multinational tobacco company headquartered in 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 is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.[6]
Imperial Brands has 30 factories worldwide and its products are sold in around 120 countries.[7] Its tobacco brands include Davidoff, West, Golden Virginia, Drum and Rizla.[8] Imperial Brands's alternative nicotine products include the blu brand of electronic cigarettes, the Pulze and iD brands of heated tobacco systems, and the Zone X and Skruf brands of nicotine pouches.
Imperial Tobacco Canada is the Canadian subsidiary of British American Tobacco, and has no relationship to Imperial Brands. Similarly, Imperial Tobacco Company of India (now known as ITC Limited) is a separate company and has no relationship to Imperial Brands.