Luciano Cigars to Open Second Factory

Luciano Cigars is opening a second factory to keep up with demand for its own lines as well as private labels. The new location operates under Luciano Tobaccos S.A. but is called the Maria Lucia unit, named after the cigars Luciano makes as a tribute to his mother.

According to Luciano Meirelles, the new facility is located in Estelí’s Rosario neighbourhood, approximately two miles from the company’s current factory, and that it is approximately 7,000 square feet in size. It is quite smaller than the company’s existing factory, which Meirelles estimated to be about 12,000 square feet in size, but the new facility will be able to operate much more efficiently.

The factory will start with approximately 17 rolling tables, which will allow the factory to produce 5,000-6,000 cigars per day, though it has the capacity to accommodate 35 tables, which would push production to around 10,000 cigars per day, similar to the capacity of the existing factory. Luciano Cigars also noted that the company continues to expand its tobacco growing and processing operations in Nicaragua’s Pueblo Nuevo, Jalapa and Condega regions.