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10 unusual facts about Imperial Tobacco


2raumwohnung

The band was formed when Humpe and Eckart composed the song Wir trafen uns in einem Garten (We Met in a Garden) for use in an advertisement for Imperial Tobacco's "Cabinet" brand.

George Ross Goobey

In 1947, aged 36, he was appointed as fund manager for Imperial Tobacco's pension fund.

Imperial Tobacco

In 1985, the Company acquired the Peoples Drugstore chain and all subsidiaries from A. C. Israel.

It is the world’s fourth-largest cigarette company measured by market share (after Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco and Japan Tobacco), and the world's largest producer of cigars, fine-cut tobacco and tobacco papers.

John Luik

A 2006 work on "why graphic warnings don't work" was acknowledged as being "made possible by funding provided by Imperial Tobacco Group PLC".

Jon Godden

In 1925, however, now in their late teens (and Jon, though having studied at a provincial art school, apparently having given up on any plans to become a professional artist), Jon and Rumer traveled back to India, where Jon fell in love with Nigel Baughan, an employee of Imperial Tobacco.

Norman Spector

Resigning from the public service in 1996, he became Vice-President, Corporate Affairs for Imperial Tobacco Limited in September of that year.

Pierre Desjardins

He also served as an executive with Canadian companies such as Domtar, Labatt Brewing Company, and Imperial Tobacco.

Sir Ernest Wills, 3rd Baronet

The Wills family were part owners of W. D. & H. O. Wills, tobacco importers and cigarette manufacturers, which had been founded by Wills's great grandfather, Henry Overton Wills, in 1786, and later became part of Imperial Tobacco.

Smokeasy

Imperial Tobacco hires public venues to promote its Peter Stuyvesant brand.


Aylmer, Ontario

Imperial Tobacco Canada built a plant in Aylmer in the mid-1940s.

Bourne House, East Woodhay

A director of Imperial Tobacco, he was the last of his family to be directly involved in the business.

Hanson plc

In 1996 Hanson ended its time as a diversified conglomerate by breaking itself up into four separate listed companies: Hanson plc, Imperial Tobacco, The Energy Group and Millennium Chemicals.

Henry Overton Wills III

Henry was the cousin of William Henry Wills, first Chairman of Imperial Tobacco.

Pelham Bell Pottinger

The company claims to have 150 clients in total, including Imperial Tobacco, Kurt Geiger, Mulberry, Premier Oil, Qatar Investment Authority, Richemont, TalkTalk, Temasek Holdings, Theo Fennell, TPG Capital, Waitrose and Williams Grand Prix Holding.

Ron Southern

Southern has served as a director of several corporations including Lafarge, Southam Inc., Chrysler Corporation of Canada, Imasco, Canadian Airlines, Fletcher Challenge, Royal & SunAlliance and Canadian Pacific.

Sir Joseph Hood, 1st Baronet

In 1902 he was employed as solicitor to act for Imperial Tobacco Company and American Tobacco Company in their formation of the joint venture British-American Tobacco Company Ltd.

Southville, Bristol

The world headquarters of Imperial Tobacco, the world’s fourth largest international tobacco company, is still situated in the ward.