PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk, commonly known as Sampoerna (), sometimes stylised as SAMPŒRNA is an Indonesian tobacco company owned by

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. Sampoerna is the largest tobacco company in Indonesia. It produces clove cigarettes, otherwise locally known as '' kretek'' cigarettes. A typical brand is Sampoerna 'A' Mild, a filter cigarette in white paper.

History

In the 1930s,

Liem Seeng Tee Liem Seeng Tee (1893 – 1956) was the founder of Sampoerna, PT HM Sampoerna Tbk., one of the largest tobacco companies in Indonesia. In the 1930s, Liem Seeng Tee adopted the Indonesian names, Indonesian name Sampoerna (cf. wikt:sempurna, s ...

(Lin Shengdi) adopted the Indonesian name Sampoerna (in Dutch spelling, cf. sempurna) meaning "perfection" as his family name, thus becoming the company's namesake. Sampoerna began producing Dji Sam Soe in 1913 in

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. Following Seeng Tee's death in 1956, his two daughters took over the running of the company, while his two sons ran separate tobacco-related businesses. The daughters shifted the company's focus toward white cigarettes, which nearly caused bankruptcy for Sampoerna. Youngest son Liem Swie Ling, who ran a kretek factory in Bali, returned to Surabaya in 1959 to rescue the company. He shifted production back to hand-rolled Dji Sam Soe brand cigarettes. In 1968, the company launched Sampoerna A Hijau. By the mid-1970s, the company was producing over 1 million cigarettes daily and had 1,200 staff. Swie Ling in the 1970s began to hand over the running of the company to his second-eldest son, Liem Tien Pao, better known as Putera Sampoerna, who went on to modernize the company and expand its operations. On 19 October 1990, Sampoerna A Mild was launched. Michael Joseph Sampoerna, son of Putera Sampoerna, became the president director in June 2001. In May 2005,

, at that time a subsidiary of

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, completed the acquisition of 97.95% of the company. HM Sampoerna's current president is Paul Norman Janelle. At the end of May 2014, Sampoerna closed its Lumajang and Jember factories and laid off 4,900 employees due to declining sales of hand-rolled kretek cigarette as consumers moved to buy machine-made kretek cigarettes. In late April 2020, Sampoerna temporarily closed its factories in Rungkut, East Java after two of its labourers died of the

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. The factory's closure is unlikely to affect the company's total production as Sampoerna has cigarette factories in several other locations. In 2010, the company was criticized for its approach to "corporate social responsibility" efforts when Mount Merapi in Central Java began erupting. The disaster relief teams which "aim to augment efforts by a stretched Indonesian government to house, clothe and feed evacuees from the volcano," were criticized for "the flashy four-wheel drive vehicles," and "the cluster of eager staffers wearing natty red and black uniforms covered with company logos."

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* {{Philip Morris International Tobacco companies of Indonesia Companies based in Surabaya Companies established in 1913 Indonesian brands Sampoerna family Philip Morris International 1913 establishments in the Dutch East Indies 1990 initial public offerings 2005 mergers and acquisitions Companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange Companies in the LQ45 Indonesian subsidiaries of foreign companies