British American Tobacco p.l.c.
Tobacco 🏭 Expanding London, · BTI · Public
BTI is strategically pivoting toward alternative nicotine products (Vuse, glo, Velo) as traditional cigarette volumes decline, while maintaining strong dividend payouts and cash flow. The company recently invested $10 million in Charlotte's Web to expand into hemp-based wellness products, signaling diversification beyond tobacco.
📢 BTI made a $10 million strategic investment in Charlotte's Web Holdings, indicating expansion into new product categories and markets beyond traditional tobacco.
British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BTI) is a global enterprise that supplies a diverse portfolio of tobacco and nicotine products to consumers across the Americas, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East, Africa, and the United States. Its offerings span modern alternatives like vapor, heated tobacco, and contemporary oral nicotine products, alongside traditional combustible cigarettes and conventional oral tobacco options such as snus and moist snuff. The company markets these items under renowned brand names including Vuse, glo, Velo, Grizzly, Kodiak, Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Newport, Natural American Spirit, and Camel. Distribution of its products primarily occurs via retail channels. Established in 1902, British American Tobacco p.l.c. is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
Employees
48,989
Mfg Plants
10
All Facilities
12
Activity
7/10
Type
Public
Plant Locations (12 mapped)
BTI Stock Price
Recent News
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WSJ · 6/2/2026
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Manufacturing Plants (10)
BAT Bangladesh – Dhaka Factory
Dhaka, BGD
Cigarette manufacturing and packaging; significant capacity expansion 2024
BAT Bangladesh – Kushtia Leaf Plant
Kushtia, BGD
Green leaf threshing facility
BAT Bangladesh – Savar Factory
Savar, BGD
Cigarette manufacturing, packaging, and leaf processing
BAT Croatia – Kanfanar Plant
Kanfanar, HRV
Produces tobacco-free rooibos-based heated product sticks and new-category products; biomass boiler completed 2024
BAT Hungary – Pécs Plant
Pécs, HUN
Manufactures nicotine pouches and smokeless products
BAT Factory – Malang
Malang, IDN
Cigarette manufacturing in Indonesia; adopted BAT's carbon-reduction programme
BAT Italy – Trieste Facility
Trieste, ITA
Laboratories, innovation labs, and 12 production lines for new nicotine products
Reynolds Operations Center (RJ Reynolds Tobacco)
Tobaccoville, NC
Largest BAT Group manufacturing center globally; 2M+ sq ft; cigarettes (Camel, Newport, Pall Mall), Vuse vapor cartridges, Velo Plus nicotine pouches, and smokeless products; actively expanding 2024-2026
American Snuff Company – Taylor Brothers
Winston-Salem, NC
Historic 1883 plug/twist/loose-leaf chewing tobacco facility (Bull of the Woods, Cannon Ball brands); operations being consolidated to Tobaccoville per 2022 announcement — partially still active
American Snuff Company – Clarksville Facility
Clarksville, TN
Second-largest RAI production facility; processes tobacco from regional farmers and manufactures moist snuff and traditional oral tobacco (Grizzly, Kodiak brands); expanded 2023
Other Facilities (2)
British American Tobacco p.l.c. (Global HQ)
London, GBR · hq
Corporate headquarters of the BAT Group
Reynolds American Inc. (US Subsidiary HQ)
Winston-Salem, NC · hq
US operating HQ for BAT's American business; home to 400+ R&D scientists and innovation labs focused on smokeless nicotine categories