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Introduction

Making a good cigar is anything but easy – it requires a great deal of time, patience, and expertise. Ritmeester Cigars, incorporated in 1887, has always been able to rely on many years’ knowledge and experience. Ritmeester Cigars is a member of the Burger Group; a group which is specialized exclusively in cigars, and is one of the world’s largest cigar concerns. In addition to a workforce of some 900 in Europe (the Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland), the Burger Group also possesses its own plantations and production facilities in Brazil, Indonesia, and Central America.


Ritmeester Cigars is one of the important business units within the Burger Group. The facilities at Veenendaal, the Netherlands, provide for the manufacture, distribution, sales and marketing of a large number of high-quality brands, inclusive of the Ritmeester brand of cigars. Within the Burger Group Ritmeester Cigars is responsible for the exports to more than 60 countries.