Grodno tobacco factory
largest cigarette producer in Belarus located in Grodno
Grodno tobacco factory "Neman", JSC (also GTF Neman, Nyoman; Belarusian: ААТ «Гродзенская тытунёвая фабрыка "Нёман"»; Russian: ОАО «Гродненская табачная фабрика "Нёман"») is the largest cigarette producer in Belarus located in Grodno (Hrodna). Its market share in Belarusian market of tobacco products is estimated at 72% and production share — at 80%. According to the Official website, It owns 40 Cigarette Brands, including popular brands such as 'Minsk', and produces 12 000 cigarettes and 600 Cigarette packets per minute. According to Belarusian sources, on August 21st 2025, the Head of the Administration of the Oktyabrsky District of Grodno, Mrs. Zoya Vatslavovna Kulesha, hosted a staff meeting at the OJSC “Grodno Tobacco Factory “Neman”. Before the meeting began, General Director Yuriy Stepanovich Chernyshev introduced the head of the administration to the production facilities and congratulated Zoya Vatslavovna Kulesha on her appointment.
History
A tobacco factory was established in Grodno in 1861 by merchants Leyba Shereshevsky and Abram Gordon. The factory became one of the largest in the Russian empire; it continued production in Poland and in the Soviet Union. In 2007, it was organized as JSC, but it continues to be state-owned.
In 1970–1971 the production of cigarettes and cigarettes at the factory amounted to 12,948 million pieces, 1975–1980, respectively, 14,480 million pieces, an increase by 1970 amounted to 2,160 million pieces per year, or 17.5%.
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