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is the market leader in cigarettes in India. With its wide range of invaluable brands, it
has a leadership position in every segment of the market. It's highly
popular portfolio of brands includes Insignia, India Kings, Classic, Gold Flake,
Silk Cut, Navy Cut,
Scissors, Capstan, Berkeley, Bristol and Flake.
 The
Company has been able to build on its leadership position because of its single minded
focus on value creation for the consumer through significant investments in product
design, innovation, manufacturing technology, quality, marketing and distribution.
All initiatives are therefore worked upon with the intent
to fortify market standing in the long term. This in turns aids in designing products
which are contemporary and relevant to the changing attitudes and evolving socio economic
profile of the country. This strategic focus on the consumer has paid ITC handsome
dividends.
ITC's pursuit of international competitiveness is reflected
in its initiatives in the overseas markets. In the extremely competitive US market, ITC
offers high-quality, value-priced cigarettes and Roll-your-own solutions. In West Asia,
ITC has become a key player in the GCC markets through growing volumes of its brands.
ITC's cigarettes are produced in its state-of-the-art
factories at Bengaluru, Munger, Saharanpur and Kolkata. These factories are known for
their high levels of quality, contemporary technology and work environment.
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ITC's Cigarettes business has been winning
numerous awards for its quality, environmental management systems
and product excellence:
'Best Manufacturer of Cigarettes for
the year 2007' by the Tobacco Board based on
previous three years' performance.
Occupational Health and Safety Award 2007
for
Excellence in Safety Management to the Bengaluru, Saharanpur and
Kolkata factories from the Royal Society for Prevention of
Accidents (ROSPA), U.K.
5 Star Health and Safety Rating
in 2007 from the British Safety Council to the Bengaluru, Munger, Kolkata and Saharanpur factories and the
"Sword of Honour" for Bengaluru & Saharanpur factories in 2006.
Greentech Gold Award for excellence in Safety Management
for the year 2007 to the Bengaluru, Kolkata and Saharanpur cigarette factories for the high level of performance that the units have achieved in Environment Health and Safety (EHS). Saharanpur along with Kolkata and Munger factories were honoured with the Gold award and the Bengaluru Factory with the
Platinum Award in 2006.
Greentech Gold Award for Excellence in Environment Management 2007 to the Bengaluru, Kolkata and Munger factories.
Safety Innovation Award
for 2007 and 2006 for
Innovative Safety Management System
to the Bengaluru Factory from the Institution of Engineers and also the
Unnatha Suraksha Puraskara Award 2006
from NSC Karnataka Chapter.
Golden Peacock Award for Occupational Health and Safety
from the Institute of Directors, New Delhi; Award for Outstanding Performance in Environment Health and Safety
from the CII and the Suraksha Puraskar Award
from the National Safety Council, Mumbai to the Kolkata factory
in 2007 and the "1st National Security Today Award "
in the category of Best Maintained Fire Safety System
in 2005.
Occupational Health and Safety Gold Award
from the ROSPA, UK;
the Winners Trophy
– Safety Health and Environment Award from the CII Eastern region;
National Award for Excellence in Water Management and
Innovative Project Award Initiatives for Energy Conservation from the CII to
the Munger factory in 2007 and also the
Excellence in Water Management Award
from CII-GBC for 2006.
All the four factories are certified by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) for ISO 14001, for their Environment Management Systems, OHSAS 18001 for their Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS) and the ISO 9000-2000 for Quality Management Systems. The Kolkata factory is the first cigarette factory in India to be awarded the
SA 8000 Certificate for Social Accountability by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) in June 2004.
ITC's R&D Centre at Peenya, Bengaluru has the distinction of being the first independent R&D centre in India to get ISO 9001
accreditation and certified with ISO 14001 for Environment Management Systems by DNV. The R&D Centre is also certified for the
standard ISO/IEC17025:2005, by National Accreditation
Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL). This certification is awarded for
"General requirement for the competence of Testing & Callibration
Laboratories"
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Links to
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Puffing Profits
Financial Express |
Nov 08,
2007 |
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Smokers can opt for Rock, Jazz or Blues
economictimes.com |
June 06,
2007 |
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Cigarette VAT will burn ITC badly, warns Deveshwar
Indian Express |
March
23,
2007 |
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Gold Flake bags gold in FMCG brand race
The Economic Times |
Dec
18,
2002 |
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Reading the smoke signals
The Economic Times |
May
24,
2002 |
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Govt urged to drop cigarettes from free import list
Deccan Herald |
Nov 29,
2001 |
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EXCISE ON CIGARETTES - Real bad for Big Smoke
Business India |
Nov 26,
2001 |
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ITC seeks reformed legal regime for tobacco sector
The Hindu Business Line |
July 02,
2001 |
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Beating the odds
The Economic Times |
June 01,
2001 |
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