Swedish Match Ab Ord (SWMAF)

Description:

Swedish Match AB develops, manufactures, markets, and sells quality products with the product areas Snus and snuff, Other tobacco products (cigars and chewing tobacco), and Lights (matches and lighters). The Company sells products across the globe, with production units in six countries. The largest markets are in Scandinavia, the US, and Brazil. Its well known brands include General snus, Longhorn moist snuff, White Owl cigars, Red Man chewing tobacco, Fiat Lux matches, and Cricket lighters. In Sweden, the Group has an independent distribution company. The Company's operations include the product areas Snus and snuff, Other tobacco products (cigars and chewing tobacco) and Lights (matches and lighters). The Company's reportable segments are Snus and snuff, Other tobacco products, Lights, and Other operations. Snus and snuff are smokeless tobacco products that are produced and sold primarily in Sweden, Norway and the US. Sweden is the world's largest snus market measured by per capita consumption. Some of the known brands include General, Ettan, Grov, Göteborgs Rapé, Catch, Kaliber, and Kronan in Sweden, General, Nick and Johnny, and The Lab in Norway, and Longhorn, Timber Wolf, and General in the US. Other tobacco products represent cigars and chewing tobacco manufactured and sold on the US market. Some of the well known brands as White Owl, Garcia y Vega, and Game by Garcia y Vega. S, Red Man and Southern Pride. Lights include manufacturing and distribution of matches and lighters. The Group's main brand for disposable lighters is Cricket. Other operations are primarily the distribution of tobacco products on the Swedish market and corporate overhead costs. The Company sells its products through supermarkets, convenience stores, tobacconists, and gasoline stations. Other important channels include bars and restaurants, as well as Scandinavian Travel Retail outlets, such as airports and ferries.