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ITG Brands LLC
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| ITG Brands LLC | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Type: | Corporation |
| Affiliation: | Imperial Brands |
| Top official: | David H. Taylor, President and CEO |
| Website: | Official website |
As of 2016, ITG Brands LLC (Imperial Tobacco Group) was a tobacco company based in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was the third-largest tobacco company in the U.S. and produces cigarettes, cigars, and electronic cigarettes.[1]
Background
As of 2016, ITG Brands LLC was a tobacco company based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The company was a subsidiary of Imperial Brands, which was based in England. Imperial Brands owned Imperial Tobacco, Tabacalera, a Spanish-based cigar company, ITG Brands, Fontem Ventures, which produced the cigarette brand Blu, and Logista, a European-based distribution firm.[4][5][6][7]
ITG Brands was formed out of the merging of Imperial Brands' U.S. operations, which included acquisitions from Lorillard, the third-largest cigarette manufacturer in the U.S., and Reynolds America.[8] ITG Brands LLC includes USA Gold, Dutch Masters, Dutch Cigars, Backwoods, Phillies Krome Cigars, Blu e-cigs, Sonoma, Rave, White Cat, Antonia y Cleopatra, El Producto, Hav-A-Tampa, Miami Suites, Muriel, Supre Sweets, Bali Shag, Premier Tobacco, McClintock, El Rey, Joker, E-Z Wider, Rizla, Rollit, Winston, Salem, Kool, and Maverick.[9]
Political activity
Ballot measure activity
2016 activity
In 2016, ITG Brands opposed California's Tobacco Tax Increase proposition, which proposed to increase the cigarette tax by $2.00 per pack, with equivalent increases on other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes. The measure appeared on the ballot on November 8, 2016.[10]
Overview of ballot measure support and opposition
The following table details ITG Brands' ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:
| Ballot measure support and opposition for ITG Brands | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballot measure | Year | Position | Status |
| California Proposition 56, Tobacco Tax Increase (2016) | 2016 | Opposed |  Approved
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Leadership
Below was the list of the ITG Brands' board as of October 2016:[11]
- David H. Taylor, President and CEO
- Adam Britner, Executive Vice President, Finance and Planning; and Chief Financial Officer
- Robert D. Wilkey, Executive Vice President, General Counsel
- Ronald S. Milstein, Executive Vice President, External Affairs
- Antonio Gutierrez, Executive Vice President, Operations
- Randy B. Spell, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales
- Michele Deuterman, Senior Vice President, Human Resources
- Katherine Ciambrone, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
- Kathleen A. Sparrow, Senior Vice President, Sales
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ ITG, "About," accessed October 10, 2016
- ↑ Open Secrets, "ITG Summary," accessed October 10, 2016
- ↑ Open Secrets, "ITG Summary," accessed October 10, 2016
- ↑ Imperial Brands, "Imperial Tobacco," accessed October 10, 2016
- ↑ Imperial Brands, "Tabacalera," accessed October 10, 2016
- ↑ Imperial Brands, "Fontem Ventures," accessed October 10, 2016
- ↑ Imperial Brands, "Logista," accessed October 10, 2016
- ↑ ITG, "Our Tobacco Heritage," accessed October 10, 2016
- ↑ ITG, "Brands," accessed October 10, 2016
- ↑ California Fair Political Practices Commission, "November 2016 General Election" accessed October 10, 2016
- ↑ ITG, "Board of Directors," accessed October 10, 2016
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