About Tobacco

1-Tobacco :

United Industries Company (UIC) top priority is to find permanent and dependable source of high qualitative tobacco to supply from reliable suppliers in Brazil, South Africa and other sources.

-        Tobacco Types :

The three most commonly used tobacco types are Virginia (or 'flue-cured'), burley and oriental.

Virginia (flue-cured): tobacco is often referred to as 'bright tobacco' because of the golden-yellow to deep-orange color it reaches during curing. Virginia tobacco is cured in heated barns (thus the name flue-cured). The curing process takes a week. Virginia tobacco has a light, bright aroma and taste. Major Virginia tobacco growing countries are Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Tanzania and the U.S.

Burley: tobacco is light to dark brown in color. Burley tobacco is air-cured in barns. During the long curing process, which takes up to two months, the tobacco loses most of its natural sugars, and develops a strong, almost cigar-like taste. Major burley growing countries are Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Malawi and the U.S.

Oriental: tobacco is highly aromatic. It has small leaves which are harvested leaf by leaf, much like Virginia tobacco, and sun-cured in the open air. Major oriental tobacco growing countries are Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia and Turkey.

-        Growing Tobacco

In the first stage of the growing process, tobacco seeds are sown in specially constructed seedbeds. At the same time, farmers carefully prepare the soil in their fields. After two months in the beds, the seeds have grown into plants approximately 15-20 centimeters high and are ready to be transplanted to the field. The plants grow in the field for a further two to three months. Throughout the growing process, the plants are cultivated to maximize yield and quality, the soil is tended regularly, and care is taken to protect the plants from pests and disease.

Harvesting is the next stage of the process. Harvesting is either done leaf by leaf in the case of Virginia and oriental tobaccos, or by the whole plant, in the case of burley. Harvesting has to take place when the leaves are mature (or ripe) and in prime condition for the next stage, the curing process.

Curing plays a major role in contributing to the final leaf quality. Different ways of curing are used for different types of tobacco: air-curing for burley, flue-curing for Virginia, and sun-curing for oriental.

Once the leaves are cured, the farmer sorts them according to their quality and stalk position. The leaves are then packed into bales ready to be shipped. Tobacco bales are moved to a buying station where they are assessed and subsequently purchased by leaf buyers.    

The tobacco is then processed, which for the burley and Virginia tobaccos includes separation of the lamina from the stem. The tobacco is dried to the ideal moisture content, packed into cases, and shipped to our manufacturing centers around the world.

2-   Wrapping Materials:

This kind of materials also known as helping materials which also gets in the Cigarette making such as cigarette paper , poly film, Aluminum foil ,Inner Frame, Blanks , Outers,…….etc ,such materials are supplied from suppliers in Malaysia, Germany, India, Austria ,China , Turkey and third party suppliers from UAE , KSA, UK around the world who deals with materials manufacturers.

Spare parts:

Spare parts play a very important role in our ability to deliver quality product to our customers and consumers. One of our purchase team tasks is to seek for suppliers who will help us meet quality, time, cost and technical performance. Our suppliers of spare parts are among of the most important manufacturers of Cigarettes making and packing machines in addition to filter rod machines who are located in Italy, Germany, UK, and India.