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Philip Morris Izhora

Gorelovo industrial zone, Lomonosovsky district

About the company

Philip Morris Izhora is an affiliated company of Philip
Morris International (PMI) in Russia. The enterprise is
represented by two production centres – Philip Morris
Izhora factory in Leningrad region and Philip Morris
Kuban in Krasnodar.

Philip Morris Izhora is one of the largest enterprises
of PMI in terms of production capacity, it is a full
production cycle factory: from primary tobacco
processing to production and packaging of high
quality tobacco products. The enterprise is one of
the first large-scale investment projects in Leningrad
Manufacture of tobacco products region. Today the total volume of investments in

Year of establishment: 2000 development of this production centre exceeds
1.4 billion USD.
Volume of investments:
over 1.4 billion USD Since the first day of working in the region the
company pays special attention to charity issues and
Number of employees: provides support to socially disadvantaged groups
over 1,200 people (elderly people, people with disabilities) as well as
vocational schools students.

Innovative products

In 2018 Philip Morris Izhora launched production of low-risk innovative products. Launch of the new lines for
production of tobacco units for IQOS became the result of implementation of the first phase of the investment
project on localization of innovative products manufacture at Philip Morris Izhora factory within the frameworks
of a large-scale investment programme of PMI aimed at development of hi-tech production in Russia.
During the Russian Investment Forum – 2019 the top management of the affiliated companies of Philip Morris
International in Russia and the Government of Leningrad Region signed an agreement on implementation of the
second phase of the investment project on localization of manufacture of innovative products in Leningrad region.
According to the project the company plans to invest about 6 billion rubles in modernization of Philip Morris Izhora
factory in 2019-2020, including installment of three production lines of tobacco units for IQOS (in addition to other
two already launched in 2018), installment of one production line for preliminary processing of tobacco for tobacco
units, modernization of buildings and engineering systems of the factory, as well as construction of treatment
facilities.

After implementation of two project phases Philip Morris Izhora will become a full cycle factory for
production of tobacco units which will contribute to expansion of advanced technologies, development of
export potential of Leningrad region, reservation of highly qualified jobs and will provide a wide range of
opportunities for cooperation in the sphere of applied science and research, education, labour exchange.

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