| Papastratos Παπαστράτος ΑΒΕΣ |
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|---|---|
| Type | Subsidiary |
| Founded | 1930 |
| Founder | Evangelos Papastratos |
| Headquarters | Pireus, Greece |
| Area served | Greece, East Europe |
| Industry | Tobacco |
| Products | cigarettes |
| Parent | Philip Morris |
| Website | www. An entrepreneur is a person who has possession over a company enterprise, or Venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need A holding company is a company that owns part all or a majority of other companies' outstanding Stock. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages papastratos. gr |
Papastratos (Greek: Παπαστράτος Ανώνυμη Βιομηχανική Εταιρεία Σιγαρέττων) is a Greek tobacconist and is the largest manufacturer and distributor of cigarettes in Greece. A tobacconist is an expert dealer in tobacco and the related accoutrements [1] The company was formed in 1930 by Evaggelos Papastratos with its first factory located in Pireus. Piraeus (pɪˈræʊs Πειραιάς, piɾeˈas Πειραιεύς, piɾeˈefs is a city in the periphery of Attica, Greece, and a Their second factory opened in 1933 in Berlin but was forced to close in 1936 under pressure by the Nazi regime[2]. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German In 1937 the company opened its third factory in Cairo, which closed in 1955. Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. [3]
In its heyday the company was one of the largest industrial producers in Greece. Whole communities (such as Agrinio)[4] flourished from the tobacco plantations supplying Papastratos factories. Agrinion ( Greek, Modern Αγρίνιο Ancient/ Katharevousa: -on older form Agrinion, Latin: Agrinium) is the largest city
The company began a cooperation with Philip Morris n 1975. They were purchased by Philip Morris in 2003 [5].
Cigarette brands produced by Papastratos include Assos International and Old Navy.