UK: BAT opens innovation centre in Southampton

Multinational tobacco and nicotine products manufacturer British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced the opening of a £30 million ($38 million) “state-of-the-art” innovation centre in Southampton, on the UK’s south coast, to accelerate development of smokeless products. In a press release, the firm said it was committed to investing £300 million ($384 million) yearly in the […]

Italy: BAT opens innovation hub for “new category” products

Multinational tobacco firm British American Tobacco has announced the opening of a new innovation hub in the Italian city of Trieste focusing on “new category” products such as e-cigarettes, novel oral nicotine and heated tobacco. In a press release, BAT said the hub would include laboratories, production offices, technical rooms, 12 production lines for new […]

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