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JTI - Japan Tobacco International is the international tobacco business of Japan Tobacco Inc., a leading international tobacco product manufacturer, with a global market share of almost 10%. Our company was formed in 1999 when Japan Tobacco Inc. purchased the international tobacco operations of the US multinational R.J.Reynolds. In 2007, Gallaher, a FTSE 100 business, was acquired by Japan Tobacco…

JTI - Japan Tobacco International is the international tobacco business of Japan Tobacco Inc., a leading international tobacco product manufacturer, with a global market share of almost 10%. Our company was formed in 1999 when Japan Tobacco Inc. purchased the international tobacco operations of the US multinational R.J.Reynolds. In 2007, Gallaher, a FTSE 100 business, was acquired by Japan Tobacco Inc. At the time, this was the largest foreign acquisition by a Japanese company.

In 2009, the JT Group acquired part of the worldwide business of Tribac Leaf Limited (a company that trades tobacco in Africa), as well as two Brazilian companies active in the tobacco business, Kannenberg and KBH&C. In the same year, the JT Group also set up JTI Leaf Services, a joint venture with two leaf suppliers in the US – Hail & Cotton Inc. and JEB International.
The Head Quarters are located in Switzerland, Geneva. Worldwide JTI has approximately 25.000 employees spread out over 89 offices en 29 factories. Our brands are sold in more than 120 countries.

Our office in The Netherlands is located in Hilversum and we are responsible for the Dutch market In Hilversum we count 107 employees. Together with Belgium and Luxemburg we are part of the Benelux market. The main office for Belgium and Luxemburg is located in Brussels.
JTI is a true multinational company, without having one culture or one nationality taking precedence over another.

Our roots lie in many different countries - Japan, United States, Great Britain, Austria, only to name a few, and we take pride in building our strength from the diversity of our heritage and the cultures our employees represent. We believe that diversity enables cross-fertilization; it is a true source of inspiration for continuous improvement, development and progress.
JTI Diversity in numbers 60 countries where we have employees 120 countries where our product is sold 27 countries where our product is manufactured 90 nationalities within JTI 48 nationalities located in the Geneva Headquarters 12 nationalities in JTI's 17 Executive committee members