Imperial Tobacco started its operation in Turkey in 2005 with the opening of its Manisa factory, based in Manisa Organized Industrial Zone. Imperial Tobacco's Manisa factory is one of the five production plants in the world that manufactures the Group's most important international strategic brand and is one of the most modern totally automated facility to be built from scratch. Imperial Tobacco Turkey employs more than 250 people in its headquarters, Sales and Marketing Organization in Istanbul and Manisa factory.