Swiss manufacturer of premium cigarillos and cigars with in-house value creation from tobacco cultivation to distribution
DANNEMANN Holding AG
Rotkreuz (CH) · Lübbecke (DE) · São Félix, Bahia (BR) · Vienna (AT)New on Amplifa
About the DANNEMANN Group
The DANNEMANN Group is a family-owned manufacturer of premium cigarillos and cigars based in Rotkreuz (Switzerland) with over 5,000 employees worldwide. The company covers the entire value chain from tobacco cultivation through blending and hand rolling to logistics and distribution ("seed to smoke"). Its own tobacco farms in Bahia (Brazil) – including the 1,000-hectare Santo Antônio farm – and in East Java (Indonesia) supply tobacco from the company's own seed stock, complemented by more than 200 long-standing partner family farms. Production takes place at ten production sites in Europe, the Americas and Asia, including Lübbecke (Germany), where a new production hall has been in operation since January 2024. Products are sold in more than 50 countries. A network of offices supports agronomy, research & development, marketing, sales and distribution.
- Site
- Rotkreuz
- Processes
- Cigar/cigarillo manufacturing (artisan cigar rollers), Vertical value creation from cultivation to distribution (seed to smoke), In-house tobacco cultivation, Hand rolling of cigars (Artisan Charuterias), Agronomy, research & development, marketing, sales, logistics & distribution, Reforestation program 'Adopt A Tree' (since 2001, over 170,000 trees)
- Materials
- Tobacco
- Founded
- 1872
- Employees
- over 5,000
- Industries
- Tobacco processing / Premium cigars and cigarillos
- 01
Tobacco cultivation (own farms Brazil/Indonesia)
- 02
Fermentation and blending
- 03
Hand rolling of cigars (Artisan Charuterias)
- 04
Production of cigarillos and cigars
- 05
Logistics and distribution
- 06
Sales and marketing
Tobacco and Raw Materials
Tobacco
In-house cultivation in Bahia (Brazil) and East Java (Indonesia) from the company's own seed stock as the basis for all cigarillo and cigar products.
Sites
Rotkreuz
CHHolding / Headquarters (Suurstoffi 2, 6343 Rotkreuz)
Lübbecke
DEProduction / EU representative (DANNEMANN EL NOBLE CIGARRO GmbH, Rahdener Straße 147)
- Materials
- Tobacco
- New production hall (since 2024)
São Félix (Bahia)
BRTerra DANNEMANN: tobacco farm, production, Centro Cultural (1,000 ha Santo Antônio Farm)
- Materials
- Tobacco
Vienna
ATCEE sales and marketing office (Smiling Consumer Austria GmbH, Bräuhausgasse 7-9)
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cigar/cigarillo manufacturing (artisan cigar rollers)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Tobacco |
Additional services
History
- 1864
Burger family founds a cigar and pipe tobacco business in Switzerland
- 1872
Geraldo Dannemann emigrates to Brazil and settles in São Félix (Bahia)
- 1873
Opening of the first cigar factory in São Félix with six employees
- 1890
Geraldo Dannemann becomes mayor of São Félix
- 1922
Merger with the company Stender to form Companhia de Charutos Dannemann
- 1939–1945
World War II disrupts transatlantic trade; the Brazilian operations are administered by Banco do Brasil
- 1954
Insolvency filing after the company returns to family ownership
- 1988
Swiss Burger Group purchases the German brand rights and takes over Dannemann GmbH in Lübbecke
- 1994
Launch of the flavored cigarillo brand Dannemann Moods
- 2001
Start of the 'Adopt A Tree' reforestation program (over 170,000 trees since then)
- 2002
Foundation of the Centro Dannemann in Brissago, Switzerland
- 2023
24-hour strike in Lübbecke (NGG collective bargaining negotiations); construction begins on a new production hall
- 2024
New production hall in Lübbecke enters operation