Grodno tobacco factory

Evolution of consumer preferences and rise of salaries in 2000s forced factory to buy equipment and start production of average-class cigarettes.

[3] The factory produces both its own brands (FEST, NZ, Minsk, Portal, VIP, Magnat, and others) and licensed production for British American Tobacco (Kent, Pall Mall, Lucky Strike, Vogue, Capri, Alliance, Viceroy).

[12] In 2020, The Mirror claimed that the most significant amounts of illicit cigarettes in UK distributed by crime gangs were manufactured by Grodno factory.

Like many other Belarusian enterprises, in August 2020, more than a hundred Neman employees wrote a statement to the management demanding new elections and an end to violence against protesters.

On 9 August 2021, the United States added Grodno tobacco factory to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.