USFC’s 500,000 square foot processing and manufacturing facility contains a climate-controlled green leaf storage, green leaf threshing line (GLT), a CRES line, a primary, and a secondary with five cigarette make/pack lines.
Green Leaf Storage
This 180,000 square foot area can hold up to 10 million green pounds of tobacco in steel racks stacked 5 high in a climate-controlled environment.
Primary
Our cut rag process has the current capacity to process 14,000 tons annually, which can be increased based on customer demand. Customer-specific blends utilize the world’s best flue-cured tobacco grown by our members in the USA. American blends also include premium burley and oriental tobaccos. Our customers receive specialized blends designed to satisfy cost and sensory requirements.
Depending on needs of the customer we have the ability to:
- Create high quality English or American blends
- Match blends from customer provided samples
- Apply casing and humectants
- Match required moisture, nicotine and tar levels
- Match cuts per inch