Growing demand for smokeless tobacco boosts Nashville plant

Nashville Business Journal (subscription) The smokeless tobacco plant on Harrison Street downtown may be one of the rare bright spots in Tennessee’s lagging manufacturing industry.
Nearly two years after Altria bought U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. and its facilities for $10.4 billion — including the Nashville operations — the plant’s future is promising, fueled by the growing popularity of cigarette alternatives.
U.S. Smokeless’ Nashville processing facility manufactures dry snuff products and moist smokeless tobacco, also known as dip, under the brand names Copenhagen, Skoal and others. Continued