Scandinavian Tobacco Group Estelí

The manufacturing site in Estelí, Nicaragua, produces hand-rolled long-filler cigars for the global market mainly within the portfolio of CAO brands.

The process of making hand-rolled cigars Scandinavian Tobacco Group Estelí starts with the bunch maker (bonchero) rolling the binder leaf around the filler, which is a blend of different tobaccos - the inner part of the cigar. Next the wrapper leaf is applied by a cigar-roller to finalize taste and appearance. The cigar-roller (rolero) can make around 300 cigars in a day - all of them carefully controlled by supervisors for quality assurance.

Together with the factory in Danli the annual production of the hand-rolled premium cigars exceeds 15 million cigars.

In recent years the cigars from STG Estelí have been highly rated by some of the world's most prestigious cigar and tobacco magazines.

Senior Vice President Supply Chain: Fons Spruyt.
Factory Manager: Aldrin Olivas.
Number of employees: Approx 343.

Background:
Scandinavian Tobacco Group Estelí was founded in 1997 as Latin Cigars together with the factory in Danli, Honduras. In 2008 the factories became part of Scandinavian Tobacco Group.


CONTACT DETAILS:

Scandinavian Tobacco Group Estelí, S.A.
Km 145 Carretera Panamericana
Estelí
Nicaragua

Tel: +505 2713 6228
Fax: +505 713 2661