Tobacco processing plant KARELIAS SA

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Karelia tobacco Company
The history of the company began in 1888 , when the first generation of the family founded a small Karelia tobacco business in Kalamata. level .
In 1888 , in Kalamata , George Karelias with his brother Eustace , establish tobacco merchant business and supply Kalamata and the surrounding villages with smoke . Smoke - as Messinia is tobacco-growing region - comes with boats from Agrinio and Lamia . In 1916 , his son Andreas Karelias , buys his first cigarette making machine . In the 1930s , the tobacco industry " Karelia SA" is well known in the Peloponnese , but virtually unknown in the rest of Greece .
Since the early 90s , the KARELIA evolved from Greek company , an international group that employs 460 people and benefiting from a strong distribution network for the promotion and development of its signals in every corner of the world .
Today, KARELIA SA is the largest cigarette manufacturer and leading exporter of cigarettes in Greece and , simultaneously , one of the fastest growing independent tobacco companies in the world .
The Company owns 0.32 % of global consumption with presence in 70 countries of the world ( in Western and Eastern Europe , North America , Middle East , Africa , and the Far East ) .