Alliance One International

Last edited by crocodyl on April 22, 2008 - 11:42pm

Company Snapshot:

Alliance One International Inc a joint owner of Limbe Leaf Tobacco (with Swiss-registered Continental Tobacco Company), which buys its tobacco leaf from growers around the world, including farms that support child labor. The company made the US Fortune Global 500 in 2007, and is based out of North Carolina but operates globally. The company is a result of a merger between DIMON Incorporated and Standard Commercial Corporation and sells tobacco to major cigarette manufacturers such as Philip Morris, Japan Tobacco, British American Tobacco, Altadis, Imperial Tobacco, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco, Gallaher, Lorillard, Eastern and others.

Ownership status:

Publicly traded

Number of employees worldwide:

4,700

Chief executive officer:

Robert E. Harrison

Website:

http://www.aointl.com/

Financial information

Total revenue:

$1,979.1 (Mil)

Fiscal year: