Business · Companies · 14 hrs ago
Villiger to end cigar production in Germany by 2027
Swiss tobacco company Villiger will stop making cigars and cigarillos in Waldshut-Tiengen by the end of 2027.
The factory in the German state of Baden-Württemberg has operated since 1911 and is part of a site where Villiger employs 190 people.
Production will move to Villiger’s plants in Switzerland and Indonesia, while the company says overlapping products and processes and a changing market prompted the decision.
About 40 jobs are at risk as the company reorganizes its production.
Villiger plans to keep packaging, labelling, shipping preparation, logistics and sales in Waldshut-Tiengen.
The company will first use retirements, staff departures and internal transfers to reduce jobs, but it has not ruled out dismissals.
Villiger plans to stop making cigars and cigarillos in Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany, by the end of 2027.
Production is to move gradually to Pfeffikon in Switzerland and Jember in Indonesia.
About 40 of the site’s 190 employees are expected to lose their jobs, though Villiger has not ruled out dismissals.
Packaging, labelling, shipping preparation, logistics and sales are to remain in Waldshut-Tiengen.
Villiger cited overlapping products and production processes, as well as changes in the market.
- Who
- Swiss tobacco company Villiger.
- What
- It plans to end cigar and cigarillo production in Waldshut-Tiengen and transfer it to Switzerland and Indonesia.
- When
- By the end of 2027.
- Where
- Waldshut-Tiengen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; production is to move to Pfeffikon, Switzerland, and Jember, Indonesia.
- Why
- Villiger cited overlapping products and production processes and a changed market environment.
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Villiger-affiliated 5th Avenue Products Trading GmbH filed for insolvency.
Villiger announced it would end production in Waldshut-Tiengen by the end of 2027.
Villiger plans to complete the production shutdown in Waldshut-Tiengen.
- Planned shutdown
- By the end of 2027
- Waldshut-Tiengen workforce
- 190 employees
- Expected job losses
- About 40
- New production sites
- Pfeffikon, Switzerland; Jember, Indonesia
- Villiger annual production
- About one billion cigars and cigarillos
- Villiger markets
- More than 80 countries
What people are saying
The consolidation of production is an important step to better position the company for the future.