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In the News (Thu 23 May 13)

  
  swedish match
Swedish Match is the leading producer of snuff products in Northern Europe and in the South African market and one of the leading producers in North America.
Swedish Match (which is the market leader in Sweden) efforts over a number of years to develop Swedish snuff (snus) as an alternative to cigarette smoking, with a documented lower health risk, gained international attention.
Swedish Match is one of four players and holds the most rapidly expanding market share, which amounted to in average approximately 8.5 percent in 2001.
www.swedish-snus.com /snus-marketinfo.html   (786 words)

  
 snus, sweden snus, swedish snus
However, the risk for Swedish females of dying from a tobacco-related disease is in level with the risk for women in the rest of Europe.
Swedish Match's strategy may be appealing to cigarette manufacturers since it does not promote quitting and may counteract the cessation effects generated by clean indoor air laws.
Swedish men have the lowest rate of lung cancer in Europe, according to WHO figures, and the lowest risk of dying from a smoking-related disease-just 11 per cent compared with 25 per cent in Europe as a whole.
www.swedish-snus.com /snus-health.html   (8473 words)

  
 SwedishSnus.com by Swedish Match
This is mainly due to the fact that the Swedish male population smokes considerably less than the male populations in other European countries as shown in Figure 1.
The risk for Swedish females of dying from a tobacco-related disease is in line with the risk for women in the rest of the Europe.
A recent comparison between Swedish moist snuff and Sudanese toombaak reveals that the levels of NNN, NNK and NAT, respectively, were 100-200-fold, 600-4000-fold and 10-60-fold higher in the latter”.
www.swedishsnus.com /SMNA_US/main_static/bestpractice.html   (924 words)

  
 Swedish Match North America, Inc., et al. - Part 3 Complaint
Swedish Match is the largest producer of loose leaf chewing tobacco in the United States.
Swedish Match is the largest maker and seller of loose leaf chewing tobacco in the United States, with sales accounting for approximately 42% of the loose leaf chewing tobacco market.
Swedish Match and National each price and discount their products in response to each other's pricing, and in response to the pricing of the two other significant loose leaf chewing tobacco sellers.
www.ftc.gov /os/2001/01/swedishpart3cmp.htm   (1254 words)

  
 About cigars - Swedish Match
Swedish Match, which is the world´s second largest player in terms of sales, is the largest player in the American market for premium cigars, with well-established positions in the markets for machine made cigars both in Europe and the US.
Swedish Match is the market leader in the US, with a market share of about 30 percent, measured in number of cigars.
Swedish Match has a small presence that is gaining greater significance in various markets outside the US and Europe.
www.swedishmatch.com /eng/aboutcigars.asp?acc=y&]   (1252 words)

  
 Swedish Match - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swedish Match is a Swedish company based in Stockholm that makes tobacco products and matches.
It was founded as Svenska Tändsticksaktiebolaget by Ivar Kreuger in 1917 in Jönköping ("City of the matches").
By expanding through acquisition of national monopolies and merging with the British company Bryant and May, in 1926, it became the worlds largest match manufacturer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swedish_Match   (126 words)

  
 News: Cancer Specialist Strengthens Scientific Competence within Swedish Match. Genetic Engineering News - ...
A considerably lower proportion of Swedish men smoke daily compared with other European countries, but the total tobacco consumption is about the same.
A consequence of the Swedish consumption pattern is that among Swedish men there is a lower incidence of tobacco related cancer than in other countries.
Swedish Match has a broad range of market-leading brands in tobacco niche product areas as well as matches and lighters.
www.genengnews.com /news/bnitem.aspx?name=836703   (615 words)

  
 Scuttlebutt Photos: Swedish Match 40 makes debut on Swedish Match Tour
Coinciding with the debut of the Portugal Match Cup is the debut of the Swedish Match 40, the specially designed match-racer from legendary Swedish designer Pelle Petterson.
When the Portugal Match Cup joined the ‘04/05 Swedish Match Tour, it agreed to purchase six of the 40-footers from builder Maxi Yachts for use in their regatta.
Swedish Match Tour skippers pose at the 2004 Portugal Match Cup with the BMW 5 Series Touring being offered to the '04/05 Tour champion by BMW.
www.sailingscuttlebutt.com /photos/04/sm40   (269 words)

  
 The Power to Know | SAS Sweden: Swedish Match (eng)
A year ago, Swedish Match also implemented a Web interface enabling users anywhere—in corporate HQ or on the factory floor—to create tailored analyses.
Swedish Match is a global leader in niche tobacco products such as snuff, pipe tobacco, cigars and chewing tobacco, and generated revenues of almost SEK 14 bn in 2002.
In the past, Swedish Match uploaded fixed-format reports of this data to its intranet and put them on various notice boards in production facilities, but for the last year or so, the information has been available on the Web.
www.sas.com /offices/europe/sweden/2316.html   (475 words)

  
 CNN.com - Five win Swedish Golden Anchor - May 7, 2002
The Swedish Match Tour victory put the five sailors at the top of the world rankings, a position that skipper Holmberg has retained during most of the past twelve months.
All the top placings in Swedish Match Tour are skippers or helmsmen taking part in America's Cup that begins with the Louis Vuitton challenger cup on October 1.
The Gyllene Ankare jury includes representatives from the Swedish Boating Union, the Swedish Cruising Association, the Swedish Powerboat Racing Association, the Swedish Sailing Association, KMK (Royal Powerboat Club), the Royal Swedish Yacht Club and the Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/sailing/05/07/anchor.ppl/index.html   (336 words)

  
 CNN.com - Swedish Match Tour adds Newport race - June 26, 2002
Swedish Match Grand Prix president Pierre Tinnerholm said: "The combination of rich history of Newport with the involvement of UBS and a $100,000 prize purse immediately positions the UBS Challenge as one of the best events in the world and it rightfully deserves to be a part of the Swedish Match Tour."
The Swedish Match Tour returns to the U.S. in April, Croatia in May, Germany in June, and finishes in Sweden in July 2003.
However, Oracle Racing's Peter Holmberg and his crew have already clinched the current Swedish Match Tour championship, 40 points ahead of their nearest rival.
edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/sailing/06/26/swedish.spt   (350 words)

  
 boats.com - Boat Review/Test: Swedish Match 40   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Designed by Swedish sailing legend Pelle Petterson, with project management provided by Sailnet, a Scandinavian marketing and management company, a prototype of the Swedish Match 40 was launched in Marstrand and made available for viewing and sailing throughout the week by media, sailors and other interested parties.
After relying on event-supplied yachts for the first four years of the Swedish Match Tour, a desire arose to design and build an exclusive fleet of boats for the Swedish Match Tour that could provide a consist quality of yacht from event-to-event.
The boat also needed be of a "grand-prix" nature, utilizing the latest technology and designed in way that would continue the Swedish Match Tour tradition of holding the racing on short courses in shore-side venues, allowing spectators to see, first-hand, sailing at the highest level.
www.boats.com /content/default_detail.jsp?contentid=16741   (435 words)

  
 Swedish Match -- Settlement with UST
"Swedish Match has substantial operations in the moist snuff market in the United States with its Timberwolf, Renegades, and now Longhorn brands, and has a strong presence in both the machine made and premium cigar markets.
With this agreement, Swedish Match will strengthen its cigar presence in the premium cigar market, and we look forward to continued positive developments in our snuff operations," said Lennart Sunden, CEO of Swedish Match.
Swedish Match and UST are the most important manufacturers of smokeless tobacco in the world.
www.primezone.com /newsroom/news.html?d=54157   (449 words)

  
 Swedish company hopes snuff kicks ash
With more and more cities banning smoking in bars and restaurants, the smokeless tobacco giant Swedish Match is marketing snus, a form of oral snuff, in the United States.
Swedish Match's Web site includes testimonials from users who praised the convenience of snus for times when their cigarettes are out of reach.
Swedish Match promoters say that they only offer samples of snus to adults who already smoke regularly.
www.azcentral.com /ent/pop/articles/0318snuff18.html   (975 words)

  
 Swedish Match to Launch a New Swedish Snus, General Onyx
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 25, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Swedish Match today has announced the launch of a new premium snus, General Onyx, to be introduced in the Swedish market in November.
We are proud to move to a whole new level with General Onyx," says Sven Hindrikes, President and CEO of Swedish Match.
Swedish Match is a unique company with its range of market-leading brands in the product areas of snuff and chewing tobacco, cigars and pipe tobacco -- tobacco's niche products -- as well as matches and lighters.
www.primezone.com /newsroom/news.html?d=88486   (301 words)

  
 Swedish Match chooses Document Automation from ReadSoft
Swedish Match, the major tobacco company in Sweden, has chosen ReadSoft to improve order handling efficiency at their subsidiary Swedish Match Distribution.
The software can summarize orders quickly and accurately which means that Swedish Match will be able to get back to their customers faster,” says Jan Andersson, President at ReadSoft.
Swedish Match Distribution is an independent company within the Swedish Match Group.
www.aiim.org /article-docrep.asp?ID=29011   (401 words)

  
 Cigar Aficionado | Daily Cigar News | Swedish Match Acquires UST Cigar Unit
Swedish Match AB, the world's second largest cigar company, announced today that it was acquiring U.S. Cigar Sales Inc., UST's cigar subsidiary.
Gierer stated that the cigar unit was not consistent with UST's vision as a smokeless tobacco company, which goes by the motto "We're not smoke." Swedish Match has a much greater presence in the cigar business.
Swedish Match owns El Credito Cigars, the makers of La Gloria Cubana and El Rico Habano cigars, and the company also owns 64 percent of General Cigar Holdings Inc., the owners and makers of such venerable brands as Macanudo, Partagas, Punch and Hoyo de Monterrey.
www.winespectator.com /Cigar/CA_Daily/CA_Daily_News/0,2342,942,00.html   (438 words)

  
 Bust the Tipsters: Case #65: The Swedish Match King
The Fool, half expecting a polka band (or the Swedish equivalent) to strike up a tune, and for the man to jump out of line and hoof his way across the Pedestal of Liberty, chuckled.
Match King, this may rub you the wrong way, or strike you funny, but your 30-year plan might go up in flames."
It is overstating its earnings in such an instance, and if it is not prudent, it may not be setting aside enough to re-invest in newer machinery fast enough.
www.fool.com /Tipsters/1997/Tipsters97_065.htm   (742 words)

  
 CNN.com - Victory Lane claim first tour win - August 19, 2002
Their appearance in the Danish Open 2002 final was their second on the Swedish Match Tour.
Gram-Hansen is benefiting from the absence of the top-seeded America's Cup match racing skippers who are now committed to their Cup campaigns in New Zealand with the first racing due to start on October 1.
The next event on the Swedish Match Tour is the ADT Gold Cup, hosted by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, beginning October 14, 2002.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/sailing/08/19/match.denmark/index.html   (387 words)

  
 Swedish Match North American partners with document management service provider WorldView LTD.
Forward thinking business decisions have launched Swedish Match into a market-leader and global operation manufacturer of cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, matches, and lighters.
After the acquisition, Swedish Match’s corporate headquarter hallways became lined with stacks of banker boxes and filing cabinets, serving as a constant visual reminder to executives of their future ECM plans.
Because Swedish Match’s needs were so extensive, they chose WorldView’s hosted solution, offering the company state-of-the-art technology and unmatched performance, without the added expense of maintaining an in-house IT infrastructure or employing additional IT professionals.
www.worldviewltd.com /Swedish_Match_072706.html   (443 words)

  
 SWEDISH MATCH CUP
Swedish Match Grand Prix AB is an international joint venture company with its head offices in Stockholm, Sweden.
In parallel with the growth of America's Cup competition, match racing in smaller boats has also advanced around the world and this year's Colorcraft Gold Cup is the eighth and final regatta on the Swedish Match Grand Prix Sailing Tour, launched in New Zealand at the beginning of this year.
The Colorcraft Gold Cup, which is the eighth and last event on the Swedish Match Grand Prix Sailing Tour, features sixteen unseeded skippers who sail an elimination round, before the best eight move on to sail against the eight seeded skippers in a Wimbledon-style knock-out tournament.
www.lcsc.org.uk /news/jr_colorcraft.htm   (5708 words)

  
 boats.com - News: Pace wins Swedish Match Grand Prix
Pace regained the advantage when he won the fourth event, Germany's Volvo Match Racing on Lake Constance, and from then on it was a chase for the Kiwis to catch up.
There were going to be no easy matches, no matter who Barker was drawn against, but facing Dickson in the first round was particularly hard, the veteran match racer having won this event twice before.
This now means that first and second places on the first year of the Swedish Match Grand Prix Sailing Tour will go to Team New Zealand, which must send shivers down the spine of the challengers.
www.boats.com /content/boat-articles.jsp?contentid=11283   (600 words)

  
 India: Swedish Match steps in -- GUPTA 10 (4): 304 -- Tobacco Control
Swedish Match, a large manufacturer of smokeless tobacco products based in Sweden, purchased the largest match company in
Match was simply: "India has a long tradition of smokeless tobacco
Swedish Match has probably launched Click specifically at this
tc.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/10/4/304e   (348 words)

  
 Swedish Match: sucked into controversy, worldwide -- Simpson 14 (4): 223 -- Tobacco Control
Swedish Match used not to feature much in international tobacco
It appears that Swedish Match may be somewhat out of touch with
Match said it had not been aware of the website: its overseas
tc.bmj.com /cgi/content/full/14/4/223   (723 words)

  
 CNN.com - Spithill takes honours in first Swedish Match - July 15, 2002
It was Spithill's first appearance on the Swedish Match Tour -- the world's premier professional match racing sailing series -- since last year's Trombini Match Race when he and his same crew of Joe Newton, Ben Durham and Andy Feathers finished fourth.
New Zealander Gavin Brady of Prada and Spithill from One World were the only America's Cup helmsman in Ravenna.
More America's Cup skippers are expected for the Swedish Match Tour's next event, the UBS Challenge in Newport, Rhode Island, from July 31 to August 4 where there is prize money of $100,000 on offer.
edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/sailing/07/15/swedishmatch.spt/?related   (307 words)

  
 About cigars - Swedish Match
Volumes in the North American market for premium cigars grew by an estimated 2 percent during 2005.
Swedish Match´s sales in the European market are dominated by machine made cigars.
Swedish Match markets cigars throughout Europe, with its largest volumes in the Benelux region.
www.swedishmatch.com /eng/aboutcigars.asp?acc=y&]   (1252 words)

  
 The Swedish Match by Anton Chekhov
ON the morning of October 6, 1885, a well-dressed young man presented himself at the office of the police superintendent of the 2nd division of the S. district, and announced that his employer, a retired cornet of the guards, called Mark Ivanovitch Klyauzov, had been murdered.
Such matches are only used by landowners and not by all of them.
The woman took a box of Swedish matches out of her pocket and lighted the candle.
www.online-literature.com /anton_chekhov/1115   (5904 words)

  
 Swedish Match 3Q Good, Swedish Snuff Worries | newratings.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Swedish Match quote - chart - all headlines - investor relations - analyst actions - add to watchlist - current ratings
1624 GMT [Dow Jones] Handelsbanken keeps Swedish Match (SWMA.SK) at reduce but lifts 05 EPS, before items, to SEK5.90 from SEK5.37, 06 to SEK5.62 from SEK5.51, 07 to SEK5.72 from SEK5.64 after 3Q, reflecting 04 restructuring effects driving margins.
Says Swedish snuff market-share erosion remains a concern, should accelerate in 4Q reflecting competitors' price cuts.
www.newratings.com /analyst_news/article_1083988.html   (264 words)

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