
Greece-based cigarette maker Papastratos on Wednesday announced a new 125-million-euro investment and the hiring of another 115 employees.
The development comes after this month’s announcement, by a local research firm, showing that Papastratos was the best workplace in the country for 2020.
The latest investment come three years after the tobacco products manufacturers poured 300 million euros into a new plant for heets and filters, a move that also dramatically boosted production.


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