SPS Cigaronne, LLC
| Cigaronne | |
| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Tobacco manufacturing, Alcohol industry |
| Founded 📆 | 1999[1] |
| Founder 👔 | Simon Pogossian, Seiran Pogossian[2][3] |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Yerevan, Armenia |
Area served 🗺️ | Commonwealth of Independent States, European Union, China, Middle East, Asia, North America[4][5] |
Key people | Arman A. Muradyan (CEO), Artur Sarkisyan (CFO)[6][7] |
| Products 📟 | Cigarettes, vodka |
| Brands | |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 500+ |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
SPS Cigaronne, LLC (commonly known as Cigaronne) is an Armenian private company that manufactures and sells tobacco and alcohol products.[11] The company is headquartered in Yerevan, Armenia. Established in 1999, it is one of the oldest and largest tobacco companies in post-Soviet Armenia.[12][13][14] Cigaronne operates in around 30 countries, and its main cigarette and alcohol brands include Center, AMG, 5th Street, Cigaronne Phantom, Compatto and "Godfather" vodka brands.[15][16]
History[edit]
SPS Cigaronne LLC was founded in 1999 by Simon and Seiran Pogossian,[3] who opened the company's main office and manufacturing facility in Yerevan, Armenia. Unlike the other major tobacco companies in Armenia, which sprang off from the Soviet infrastructure or through the merge with the foreign tobacco producers,[14] Cigaronne was a new enterprise created tabula rasa.[17][12][18] Cigaronne first introduced Hollow Filter technology in its cigarettes in 2000.[19]
Following the financial and marketing issues and temporary idling, SPS Cigaronne resumed production in 2013 with the help of the Armenian government, that supported the company with temporary tax relief and export benefits.[20][21] In 2014, the company rebranded, also introducing new cigarette brands based on the US patented technology.[22] In 2015, Cigaronne collaborated with Arssi Alliance company on alcohol production of two new brands of vodka: Godfather Premium and Godfather Platinum.[23][24][25]
In February 2016, Cigaronne joined the American Chamber of Commerce in Armenia.[13] The company received a number of industry accolades, including Mercury International Award (2015),[16] among others.[26]
Operations[edit]
SPS CIGARONNE is a private company with LLC corporate registration. The company's main offices are located at 24 A Hovhanissian St., Yerevan, Armenia.[5] The company also has a brand shop Simariss in the capital and multiple distributors in the other countries.[6]
Issues[edit]
In May 2017, State Fiscal Service of the Republic of Ukraine confiscated a large consignment of Cigaronne tobacco products at the customs office of Odessa, allegedly on the basis that they were transported without excise taxes labels. However, the company claimed that the consignment was legal and filed a lawsuit with the Ukrainian court.[27][28][29]
In 2017, the Armenian government requested from Russia to postpone the introduction of the technical regulation for its tobacco producers until July 15 2018 due to the presence of a huge amount of products of local producers for the domestic market. According to the new requirements, tobacco manufacturers had to place warning labels with "frightening pictures" of a larger size on the front side of cigarette packs that would take 50% of the surface. Cigaronne company claimed it was not ready for the change and requested the assistance of the Armenian government to postpone the regulation for its products.[30][31] Eventually, the postponement request was granted[32] and in 2019 the company began production of the cigarettes with new labels for the export to Russia.[33]
Further reading[edit]
- Perlite filtration of phenolic compounds from cigarette smoke (January 2013) published by PubMed
- Perlite for filtration
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References[edit]
- ↑ "SPS Cigaronne LLC (p.47)". DocPlayer.
- ↑ "The owner of SPS Cigaronne sent an open letter to Nikol Pashinyan (Original: "Собственник компании «SPS Cigaronne» направил открытое письмо Николу Пашиняну"". Armenia Today.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "$6 МЛН - В ДЫМ!". Voice of Armenia.
- ↑ ""SPS Cigaronne" LLC". Tobacco Company.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "SPS CIGARONNE CO LTD". Business Search.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 ""Simariss" brand shop". Spyur.
- ↑ "Company's team". Data Lead.
- ↑ "Cigaronne Export Catalogue". AEC Exporters.
- ↑ "Company brands" (PDF). SPS Cigaronne LLC.
- ↑ "SPS CIGARONNE LLC. Marketing & Sales Department". HealthDocBox.
- ↑ "SPS Cigaronne, LLC: Company Profile". D&B Business Directory.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "obacco Product Market in Armenia to 2021". MarketResearch.com.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "CIGARONNE". American Chamber of Commerce in Armenia.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Armenia Cigarette Market: Production – Consumption – Exports – Brands". Gulf Tobacco.
- ↑ "SPS Cigaronne LLC". Made in Armenia.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Commerce and Industry Chamber awards Mercury prize to flagship Armenian companies". ARKA News Agency.
- ↑ "Annual cigarette production volume in Armenia from 2016 to 2019". Statista.
- ↑ "Popular Cigarettes Brands". Smoking Room.
- ↑ "U.S. patent number 6,718,987 [Application Number 09/936,443] was granted by the patent office on 2004-04-13 for smokers' article. Invention is credited to Seiran Pogossian, Semen Pogossian". USPTO Report.
- ↑ "Government of Armenia to support idling SPS Cigaronne LLC (October 2013)". Armenia Info.
- ↑ "Cigaron "will resume its activity". Yerkir.
- ↑ "Tobacco smoke filters comprising perlite". Google Patents.
- ↑ "Prime Minister Abrahamyan visited "SPS Cigaron" company (Original title in Russian: "Премьер Абраамян посетил компанию «СПС Сигарон")". Public Radio of Armenia.
- ↑ "Armenia begins producing vodka of exceptional purity". News AM.
- ↑ "The company "Cigaron" opened a new enterprise for the production of vodka (Translated from Russian)". AM News.
- ↑ "ՍՊՍ Սիգարոն ընկերության Cigaronne Royal Slims սիգարետը գրավել է առաջին տեղը` նվաճելով ոսկե մեդալ (Translation from Armenian: "SPS Cigaron Cigaronne Royal Slims cigarette took first place, winning a gold medal"". Hayeli.
- ↑ "Cigaron products confiscated in Ukraine: the company suffers damage for 100 thousand dollars (Original: "В Украине конфискована продукция Сигарон: компания терпит ущерб на 100 тысяч долларов")". ArmTimes.
- ↑ "Ukrainian customs confiscated legal Armenian cigarettes". Rambler.
- ↑ "State bodies of Ukraine against "LLC CIGARONNE" - clarification". A1Plus.
- ↑ "Armenia asked for a postponement of the EAEU technical regulations on placing "scary" photos on cigarette packs". Voskanapat.
- ↑ "Armenia asked for a smoke break as it wants to postpone the implementation of technical regulations on tobacco. {Original: "Армения попросилась на перекур -Она хочет отсрочить исполнение техрегламента по табаку"". Kommersant.
- ↑ "Armenia received a deferral to implement the EAEU technical regulations on tobacco products until mid-2018". Interfax.
- ↑ "Industrial production of labeled cigarettes for export to Russia started in Armenia". Tass.
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