R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (R.J. Reynolds) was founded in Winston, North Carolina in 1875 as a maker of chewing tobacco by Richard Joshua Reynolds (1850-1918). Today, it is the second-largest tobacco company in the United States, the first being Phillip Morris. The company manufactures about one of every three cigarettes sold in the country and employs about 6,800 people.
R.J. Reynolds is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI). Reynolds American(RAI) is also the parent company of Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc., Lane Limited and R.J. Reynolds Global Products, Inc.
The company offers products in all segments of the market, and makes five of the nation's 10 best-selling cigarette brands: Camel, Kool, Winston, Doral and Salem.
Facilities
The company's headquarters are located in the Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem. Built in 1929, the 20-story building was the South's first skyscraper and later became the model for the Empire State Building in New York City.
R.J. Reynolds' largest plant, Tobaccoville, a 2 million square foot (190,000 m²) facility constructed in 1986, is located in the town of Tobaccoville near Winston-Salem.
The company's Whitaker Park plant, located in Winston-Salem, was built in 1961 and is about 1 million square feet (90,000 m²).
Macon manufacturing, located in Macon, Ga., resides in a 1.4 million square foot (130,000 m²) facility built in 1974.
The company also has tobacco-sheet manufacturing operations in Chester, Va., and Winston-Salem; leaf operations in Wilson, N.C.; tobacco-storage facilities in Blacksburg, S.C. and Richmond, Va.; and a significant research-and-development facility in Winston-Salem.
External links
- Company Website (http://www.rjrt.com)
