OREANDA-NEWS. October 28, 2009. Belarus’ OAO Grodno Tobacco Factory Neman in November plans to start selling new Super Slim brands – Queen Charm, Queen Elegance and Queen Menthol in November, a representative in the company told.

Test production started on October 6, 2009. Earlier, Neman offered only two Queen varieties – Queen Super Slims and Queen Elite Super Slims.

Also, Neman makes Minsk and Minsk 5 brands in the Super Slims segment. Neman produces Super Slims Pall Mall and Capri brands under contracts with Super Slims and Super Slims Monte Carlo under contracts with Japan Tobacco International.

Neman was founded in 1861 and transformed into a joint-stock company with all shares controlled by the state in 2008. Grodno-based Neman increased cigarette output 3% on the year in January-September to 10.04 billion units.