Switzerland: JTI to acquire BREAK and Moro tobacco brands
Japan Tobacco Inc, the tobacco manufacturer has announced that its subsidiary JT Group signed an agreement on the 22nd July 2026 to acquire the trademarks and related intellectual property rights for the European Union and Switzerland of fine cut tobacco brands BREAK and Moro from Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (STG) for €176 million (¥32.6 billion […]
US: Japan Tobacco to complete acquisition of Vector Group
Japan Tobacco (JT), the leading tobacco company, has announced it has completed the acquisition of Vector Group (VGR), the fourth largest tobacco company in the United States, after a tender offer initiated in August. Vector Group is a holding company for Liggett Group LLC, Vector Tobacco LLC and New Valley LLC. Founded in 1873, Liggett Group is the operating successor to Liggett […]
Japan: JT Group and Altria announce joint venture
Leading international tobacco company Japan Tobacco has announced a joint venture between the JT Group, through its subsidiary JTI, and the leading US tobacco firm Altria Group, through PM USA. According to the Japan Tobacco’s press release, the join venture was formed to market and commercialise heated tobacco sticks (HTS) products in the USA, using […]
Japan: Japan Tobacco acquires Mighty Corp for $1 billion
Global cigarette manufacturer Japan Tobacco has announced that it is buying Mighty Corp, the number two cigarette company in the Philippines, for 46.8 billion PHP ($936 million). According to executive vice president of Japan Tobacco, Mutsuo Iwai, “This major acquisition in Southeast Asia adds to our recently announced full-scale entry into Indonesia, and will further enhance our […]
Indonesia: Japan Tobacco acquires Karyadibya Mahardhika
Global tobacco firm, Japan Tobacco has announced the acquisition of kretek cigarette company Karyadibya Mahardhika and its distributor for $677 million, in a deal that will see it buy 100% of the outstanding shares in the Indonesian firm. Japan Tobacco said the acquisition would “give the JT Group immediate scale and presence on a nationwide […]
Japan: Japan Tobacco acquires stake in National Tobacco Enterprise Ethiopia
Japan Tobacco, the world’s third largest tobacco firm by market share, has announced that it has signed an agreement with the Ethiopian government to acquire 40% of the total shares in National Tobacco Enterprise Ethiopia, which has a monopoly in Ethiopia, for $510 million. Japan Tobacco outbid a number of competitors in a tender process, […]
Japan: Japan Tobacco strengthens presence in Iran
Japan Tobacco has bolstered its presence in the Iranian tobacco industry through the acquisition of a local cigarette manufacturer, according to a report in the Financial Times. Through its Iranian subsidiary JTI Pars, the company is said to have purchased tobacco firm Arian Tobacco Industry (ATI) for an undisclosed sum. Japan Tobacco currently produces cigarette […]
Japan: Japan Tobacco buys Natural American Spirit outside US for $5 billion
Japan Tobacco has announced that it is to buy $5 billion of cigarette assets from rival tobacco firm Reynolds American to acquire the Natural American Spirit business outside the US. The company said that the deal included the trademarks and all outstanding shares of Reynolds American’s subsidiaries outside the US which sell the brand. Japan […]
Japan: Suntory to buy Japan Tobacco Inc’s vending beverage business
Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd has said it will buy Japan Tobacco Inc’s beverage vending machine business for around 150 billion yen ($1.2 billion), according to a report in Reuters. Japan Tobacco announced in February that it would be exiting from the drinks sector, saying that the “operating environment of the beverage business in Japan […]
Japan: Japan Tobacco Inc announces exit from beverage business
Japan Tobacco Inc (JT), a manufacturer of cigarettes and grocery products, has announced that it has decided to end production and sale of all beverages by the end of September 2015 due to severe market competition and lack of scale. JT entered the beverage business in 1988 and is especially known for its Roots brand […]