Exclusive Cigar Manufacturing Ireland Ltd

Exclusive Cigar Manufacturing Ireland Ltd (ECMI) is based in Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon in Ireland. This Cigar manufacturing plant produces both Cigars and Cigarellos from tobaccos sourced Brazil and Indonesia. The company currently distributes its own cigar brands and custom cigar brands to Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada and USA.
Company History
Back in 1978 a Dutch company opened a plant in Ballaghdereen in the West of Ireland to manufacture cigar bobbins (casings). Much has changed in terms of the ownership of the business and the technology employed starting in 1980 when Gerry O’Dowd was appointed General Manager. Whilst Irish operation was profitable the parent company struggled. Production at the plant came to a halt in 1990 and Gerry O’Dowd bought the business from the administrator.
Shortly afterwards Villiger took a majority stake and soon the company was back employing over 70 staff locally, manufacturing for Villiger and own-name/private labels. By 1998, the factory was churning out between 35 million and 40 million cigars a year.
Corporate Affairs
EMCS (Excise Movement and Control System) is a computerised system for monitoring movements of excise goods under suspension of excise duty within the EU, i.e. for which no excise duties have yet been paid. ECMI were the first company in Ireland to use the EMCS system in just one month after it's introduction to the EU in July 2010.
Cigar and Cigarello Brands
*Don Esteban
*Pricewise Cigars

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