The France-Tabac
plant in Sarlat, Dordogne, was founded in 1985 and is owned by the
UCAPT, that is to say 7 French
tobacco cooperatives.
The site is intended for the processing of light-air & flue-cured
tobaccos so as to produce uniform blends, marketed to end-product
manufacturers (cigarettes, rolling tobacco, cigars etc.) for the French
and export markets.
The plant has a capacity of 20,000 tonnes per year and employs from
120 to 170 staff, depending on the processing period.
This unit has enabled France-Tabac to be in direct contact with the
major manufacturing industries supplied in Sarlat: ALTADIS, BRITISH
AMERICAN TOBACCO, GALLAHER, IMPERIAL TOBACCO, JTI S.A., PHILIP MORRIS,
etc... Several dozen other large customers are supplied throughout
the world.