Orion to manufacture Goodrich low-nicotine cigarettes

Goodrich Tobacco Co., a subsidiary of 22nd Century Group, has signed a letter of intent with Orion, a cigarette manufacturer in Poland, to contract manufacture the company’s proprietary tobacco products to be distributed in the European Union.

Goodrich produces tobacco with very low nicotine levels. The firm will export its proprietary leaf from the United States to Orion. Orion will manufacture the finished cigarettes under the brands owned by Goodrich Tobacco, including Gold Magic, which yields only 0.037 mg of nicotine per cigarette, according to independent laboratory tests.

Previously, Goodrich entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Wilshire Marketing for the Gold Magic brand in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.