The New Look of C.A.O. Cigars

(Cigar Aficionado) C.A.O. International Inc., once a smallish company headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, has been incorporated into the far larger General Cigar Co. as part of the merger between their parent companies, Scandinavian Tobacco Group and Swedish Match AB.
While many things remain the same at C.A.O., several changes have taken place behind the scenes.
Cigar Insider interviewed General Cigar president Dan Carr and new C.A.O. senior brand manager Ed McKenna about what is new, and what remains unchanged.
Production of some C.A.O. brands have been moved. Previously C.A.O. operated factories in Danlí, Honduras, and Estelí, Nicaragua, in factories known as STG Danlí and STG Estelí. Continued

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