KT&G invests heavily in slim cigarettes

KT&G’s manufacturing plant at Sintanjin, north of Daejeon, is now the world’s biggest manufacturer of slim cigarettes, according to the Korea Joongang Daily quoting company sources.

An expansion of the production facility, which, with the installation of automatic machinery, took three years and five months, was completed yesterday.

The Daily’s story said the plant’s “production” of slim cigarettes would now rise from 35 billion to 85 billion a year.

The plant is said to be equipped so as to be able to produce 25 different types of cigarettes simultaneously.