Alliance One International Inc

CRES Tobacco Company is a part of Alliance One International, which is one of the United States leading independent leaf tobacco merchants. Alliance One International was formed as a result of a merger between DIMON Incorporated and Standard Commercial Corporation. It serves manufacturers of cigarettes and other consumer tobacco products in more than 90 countries worldwide. The company purchases, processes, packs, stores and ships leaf tobacco products, as well as provides expertise and financial assistance for the growing of leaf tobacco. It provides flue-cured, burley and oriental tobaccos to its customers. Established in 2005, Alliance One International has a professional staff of more than 17,500 people.

Taylor Brothers Division is part of Conwood Sales Co., a company that has been providing quality smokeless tobacco products for more than 200 years. The company is committed to providing adult tobacco consumers with the highest quality and best tasting smokeless tobacco products available. Conwood's ancestral roots predate the formation of the United States. One of the company's dry snuff products displays a trademark that is the oldest U.S. trademark in continuous use. This mark was one of the first 10 recorded on October 25, 1870, the first day the U.S. Patent Office began granting trademarks. From its origins on the Red Clay Creek in Delaware in 1782, the company has become identified as an innovative industry leader committed to high standards in its production operations and in the servicing of its customers' needs. Taylor Brothers is located in Winston Salem, N.C.