STG Possibly Shutting Down Sutliff, TobaccoPipes and MacBaren

[Piping Abe]

Translation below from https://www.msn.com/da-dk/nyheder/o...a ... r-AA1tyKlr

In recent months, there has been great uncertainty among the employees at the Mac Baren tobacco factory in Svendborg.

The fate of the factory has been unclear, but now it has been clarified.

After the Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has acquired Mac Baren, it is clear that the factory in Svendborg will be closed by the beginning of 2027 at the latest.


For the employees, however, it still leaves more questions than answers.

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According to STG's director, Niels Frederiksen, it is hoped to be able to move some of the approximately 200 employees from Svendborg to STG's factory in Assens.

This is what TV 2 Fyn writes on the basis of Fyns Amts Avis' story about the factory in Svendborg closing down and switching off.

However, how many there will be is yet to be seen.

"At the moment we cannot say anything about how many employees will be moved," says Niels Frederiksen.

He emphasizes, however, that they will do their best to help the employees who cannot continue at STG to find new job opportunities.

A necessary decision​

The acquisition of Mac Baren, which cost STG DKK 535 million, is part of the company's strategy to acquire and streamline companies.

Niels Frederiksen explains that although closing the factory is not an easy decision, it is necessary in order to achieve greater efficiency in production and sales.


The decision about the closure was presented to the employees on Tuesday, and the reception was marked by disappointment - but also some relief at finally having a clarification.

Uncertainty has been heavy since STG announced the acquisition in June, and the future of the employees in particular has been a major topic of conversation at the factory.

The first consequence of the acquisition will be the dismissal of the management team, which will take place within the next eight to ten days. However, it is not only the factory in Svendborg that is affected by STG's new strategy. Mac Baren facilities in the US (Sutliff/TobaccoPipes) will also be closed as part of the restructuring.

For many employees, it is still unknown what the future will bring, but STG's ambition is to support the affected employees as best as possible in the transition to new jobs or perhaps even a new everyday life in Assens.

[Silver]

Definitely not good news.

[Fr_Tom]

This is very sad to hear.

[simplepipes]

Time to stock up on a favorite or two as a hedge . . .

-sp

[Piping Abe]

The Sutliff employees have been notified the factory is shutting down. Word from an employee on social media:

"Hey guys... So the news is out. STG will be completely closing the production facilities of Mac Baren in Denmark and Sutliff. There also have been tough decisions made about the STG/Mac Baren/Sutliff Portfolio which I'm not at liberty to write about. So I'll only post what is publicly available at the moment. Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts! We love y'all pipe smokers"

[sisyphus]

glad I have so much HH Burley Flake already put up

[Ruffinogold]

WTF . I cant believe MacBaren sold

I wonder what the fate of the products are ? Are they just going to produce te same stuff at the other factory , I gather ? It seems weird being the NB factory is well set up for doing wat it does . I cant see anyone having a better factory , but who knows

[Piping Abe]

WTF . I cant believe MacBaren sold

I wonder what the fate of the products are ? Are they just going to produce te same stuff at the other factory , I gather ? It seems weird being the NB factory is well set up for doing wat it does . I cant see anyone having a better factory , but who knows

Theyre going to consolidate and only keep the biggest and best sellers. And the factory will change and the recipes will change.

Escudo is the prime example that everyone who has tried the old stuff says the new STG version is just garbage.

We can only hope for the best. And hope they don’t axe all the wonderful Match Blends from Sutliff also.

[Puff nstuff]

I'm very sad to hear that about the Sutliff facility. Not super surprising though about moving MacBaren production over to STG's facility - they're on the same island in Denmark and not far from each other. I'm hoping it doesn't mean too many MB products will be discontinued. Trying to look at the bright side, I'd say STG is at least keeping pipe tobacco alive by buying out many of the increasingly unprofitable other brands. Not everything they buy turns to crap - Granger and St Bruno being but a couple examples of that.

[sisyphus]

STG makes a couple decent VaBurs, so there's a little hope that at least ODF remains ok