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Havana Cigars. Habana
1844 Herman Upmann, a German banker, relocated to Havana and established as a banker and purchased a cigar factory.
1922 Business bankrupt and purchased by J. Frankau and Co (later Hunters and Frankau]] – the UK's sole Cuban Importer).
1935 The brand was in Cuban hands when it was purchased by Menéndez Y Garcia, the then owners of Montecristo.
Owned by Imperial Brands
Still in operation.
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