Source: Richard Craver, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 1/26/17


A privately held tobacco manufacturer, Sherman Group Holdings LLC, has been sold to Altria Group Inc., giving it a potential rival for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in the super-premium category. Sherman Group is the parent company of Nat Sherman, which makes super-premium cigarettes in a 40,000-square-foot plant near Piedmont Triad International Airport. Its premium cigars are made in the Dominican Republic and packaged in Greensboro.

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