Star Agritech, headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, has commenced the rebuilding of a tobacco plant in Bizerte, Tunisia. This new facility will be the fourth of its kind for the company worldwide.
The factory consists of two buildings, each with an annual production capacity of 1.2 million kilograms, making it the first of its kind in this area. The factory will serve the domestic market and may expand its business to serve customers in Morocco and Algeria, depending on the success of operations.
Star Agritech plans to commence operations at its new factory in mid-2023. Prior to the announcement of the new factory, Star Agritech had established offices in Tunisia, Egypt, and South Africa. The Tunisia office will be responsible for Star's operations in North Africa, Sahel, and West Africa.
In November 2022, Star Agritech established the Star Agritech Commodity Trading Company in Yaoundé, Cameroon to strengthen its tobacco leaf cultivation and procurement operations in Bartouri and Bertoua. The Cameroon factory will also make purchases for cocoa and coffee at the farm gate.
Star Agritech established a company in New Delhi last December to expand their tobacco procurement business in India. In the same month, they also founded a company in Zimbabwe, called Star Agritech, to enter the domestic Virginia tobacco market. The company will participate in the 2023 marketing season beginning on March 8th.
At the same time, Star Agritech has established a company in Norfolk, Virginia in the United States to supply tobacco and tobacco-derived products to the North American market.
The company believes that due to the FDA's intention to lower the nicotine levels in tobacco products, this nanofiber-reconstituted tobacco holds significant potential in the United States. It could assist cigarette manufacturers in decreasing tar and nicotine levels in their products.
Star Agritech International (SAI) is a private company founded in 2008. SAI supplies raw tobacco and tobacco-derived products to private manufacturers, traders, and government monopolies. The company has sales offices in Singapore, Indonesia, South Africa, Tunisia, Turkey, Belgium, Brazil, and Russia. SAI owns and operates two regenerated tobacco leaf factories - a pulp regeneration plant in Indonesia and a nanofiber regeneration plant in Brazil. Additionally, SAI grows cigar leaves in Cameroon, which are among the most popular tobaccos used by high-end cigar manufacturers.
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