[1] Memphis was launched on March 1, 1897, by the KAISERLICH KÖNIGLICHE TABAK-REGIE.

[2] Austria Tabak can trace its origin to 1784, the year that the tobacco monopoly "Osterreichische Tabakregie" was formed.

[1] In 2011, the Austria Tabak factory in Hainburg an der Donau closed when production moved to a foreign country.

[1] Various advertising posters were made to promote Memphis cigarettes throughout the 20th, as well as the 21st century.

[2][4] Memphis is mainly sold in Austria, but also is or was sold in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Russia, China, Philippines, and Paraguay.