Saratov Tobacco Factory
Opened by two brothers – Kondratiy and Michael Shtaf.
1828 year
Yava factory
Merchants Avraham Zurna and Samuel Gabai started a tobacco company in Moscow, which later became Java factory.
1856 year
1991 year
British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco entered the Russian market, with four divisions opening representative offices and later merging to form British American Tobacco Russia.
Purchase of factories
British American Tobacco acquired a controlling stake in Java factory and Saratov Tobacco Factory.
1994 year
1997 year
BAT-SPB
Rotmans-Nevo factory, owned by Rotmans International, started operating in St. Petersburg. After the merger of Rothmans International and British American Tobacco, the factory became the property of British American Tobacco and then received the name BAT-SPb.
glo™ and neo™ launch
St. Petersburg factory launched the production of neo™ sticks for glo™ heating systems for the first time in the world.
2016 year
2023 year
ITMS group of companies
After the transfer of business to local investors the new structure was named ITMS group of companies.
