Wednesday, November 20
Tobacco company Philip Morris International has opened a new $30M factory in the Lviv region.
Thursday, May 16, 2024
The first production line at the new factory was launched in May, and four more will be put into operation by the end of the year, which will increase the factory’s production capacity to 10 billion cigarettes per year and completely supply the company’s needs for the Ukrainian market.
About 100 workers were relocated from the Kharkiv Philip Morris factory to the Lviv plant, and another 150 workers will be relocated by the end of the year, filling the 250 jobs that will be created at the new factory.
In addition, there are plans to invest an additional ₴60M in the construction of a shelter on the factory’s property.
Ukraine’s new Philip Morris cigarette factory will be smaller than its Kharkiv plant. The Kharkiv factory has a capacity of 40 billion cigarettes per year, but production there has been frozen since the beginning of the war.
