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Imperial Brands to End Production at Reemtsma’s Langenhagen Plant

Consultations with the works council follow a global review that cited falling volumes, high costs, regulatory hurdles.

Overview

  • The decision places 640 jobs at risk at Reemtsma’s last manufacturing site in Germany near Hannover.
  • Management has launched formal talks with the works council, with a conclusion targeted in the coming months.
  • The company frames the move within its strategy to streamline its manufacturing network through 2030.
  • The Langenhagen facility, operating since 1971, makes factory cigarettes, fine-cut tobacco and tobacco sticks for heated devices.
  • The NGG union vows resistance, warns of possible shifts abroad and says a sale would not save all jobs, pointing to remaining Reemtsma plants in Poland.