Swisher Cigars Reaches Sesquicentennial

(jaxdailyrecord.com) In Springfield north of Downtown, the country’s largest cigar exporter rolls, labels, packs and ships out up to 14 million products a day.
The seller of a third of the nation’s cigars, Swisher International Inc. traces its history to Ohio, where merchant David Swisher received a small cigar factory as a debt settlement.
His grandson, Carl, moved it to Jacksonville in 1924, where it employs about 1,100 workers and where it makes Swisher Sweets, the No. 1 brand of cigars in the country.
Swisher, known historically for its famous King Edward cigars, has grown its product lines through acquisition and invention. Continued