Here, Jorge Ortiz Alvarez began the production of cigars in 1967; looking for our own identity we tried several blends until we found it. We started with two workers in 1967, and by 1972 we had grown to 40 employees. In 1975, we opened a new spacious factory, and we made a parade of the move: “All the workers were carrying molds, Cigar cutters, presses, and other working instruments through the streets from the other factory, and Jorge walked the parade with his workers.
In 1983, the factory was healthy and successful, but a fire destroyed it and left us with ashes. The production stopped for two days only, we had kept tobacco outside the factory and although the molds, the presses, labels and boxes were lost, we kept on going.
Now, 28 years after the fire, we have grown; we have introduced new brands, new blends, new Cigar sizes. Puros Santa Clara, S.A. de C.V., is exporting the cigars to various countries but mainly to the United States, Spain, Germany, France, Australia. We are regularly Selling: cigars handmade, tobacco, cigarillos, premium cigars. |
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