House of Prince A/S, is a
Danish cigarette manufacturer. As Denmark's only cigarette manufacturer,
[The Group]
on company website (archived, 24 Nov 2005) it was an independent
subsidiary of
Scandinavian Tobacco Company
Scandinavian Tobacco Group is a manufacturer of cigars and traditional pipe tobacco. The city company is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is a publicly listed Company on NASDAQ Copenhagen.
History
The company can trace its origin back ...
until its sale to
British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco plc (BAT) is a British multinational company that manufactures and sells cigarettes, tobacco and other nicotine products. The company, established in 1902, is headquartered in London, England. As of 2019, it is the larg ...
in 2008.
In 2005, House of Prince posted sales of DKK 12.66 billion ($2.15 billion).
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History
The history of House of Prince dates to 1990 during reconstruction of ''Scandinavian Tobacco Company'', and now houses all cigarette tobacco manufacturing of that company. The factory was built in 1951 and is located in Søborg, Denmark and produced approximately 60 million cigarettes daily.
The ''Prince'' cigarette was launched in 1957.[ The company produces about 12 million cigarettes by year.][House of Prince A/S on Reference for Business] The factory closed in 2011.[British American Tobacco]
The company supplies 95% of the Danish market and 37% of the Scandinavian market. The brand Prince
A prince is a Monarch, male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary title, hereditary, in s ...
has a market share of 34% of the Danish market and 42% of the Norwegian market.
Subsidiary companies
* House of Prince AB (Sweden)
* Scandinavian Tobacco S.A. (Poland)
* Scandinavian Tobacco Eesti AS (Estonia)
* UAB House of Prince Lithuania (Lithuania)
* Scandinavian Tobacco S.R.O. (Czech)
* Scandinavian Tobacco Company Hellas S.A. (Greece)
* Scandinavien Tobacco Hungary kft. (Hungary)
Cigarette brands by House of Prince
* Ava
* Bravo
* Caines
* Cecil
* Cristal
* Christian of Denmark
* Corner - Now known as Pall Mall
* Danton
* Dark
* Delight
* Grom
* Grot
* King's
* LA - Los Angeles
* Look
* Meskie
* Mistral
* Nevada
* Newmore
* North State
* Prince
A prince is a Monarch, male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary title, hereditary, in s ...
* Queen's
* Reven
* Rockets
* Rocky Mountains
* Savoy
* Scotsman
* Slim Agenda
* Slim Camelia
* Viking
* Walet
* Wall Street
References
External links
Official site
(archived, 7 Feb 2006)
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Tobacco companies of Denmark
Danish companies established in 1990
British American Tobacco