Chronology of Dunhill Tobacco

[RudyG]

My apologies if this has been covered before, but I would like to understand the year chronology as to who produced the Dunhill blends and when.

Much appreciated. Thanks

 

[sablebrush52]

Dunhill turned over manufacturing of its blends to Murray's, and possibly McConnell, around 1981. Murray continued to manufacture the blends under license, making changes in them and introducing Navy Rolls, which was not made by Dunhill.

Murrays stopped making the blends in 2006, IIRC, and later the licensing went to Orlik and then STG.

Dunhill made the decision to discontinue making the pipe tobaccos, and BAT, which held the licensing rights to the Dunhil blends, announced that they would stop making the pipe tobaccos in 2017, offering an 18 month extension of the STG product before shutting down further production.

STG bought the rights to continue to make the blends, but not the right to use the Dunhill name, so they used the Peterson name, which they own for the tobacco side of the business, to reboot production of the Dunhill blends.

There are numerous articles on the web

 

[Dave760]

John C. Loring (sadly passed) was an expert on everything Dunhill. His article on Dunhill tobacco up through 1990 is available on Pipedia:

DUNHILL PIPE TOBACCO: 1907 – 1990 - Pipedia

pipedia.org

 

[Dave760]

A couple of other articles on Dunhill tobaccos from Mr. Losing that might be of interest:

On Dunhill Tinned Tobacco - Pipedia

pipedia.org

Dunhill's Blends - Pipedia

pipedia.org

 

[Servant King]

04/01/2017 - Dunhill announces its departure from the pipe/tobacco arena.
04/02/2017 - Large number of pipe smokers all over the globe commit suicide.
04/03/2017 - Dunhill sheepishly admits it was all an April Fools stunt. A flurry of lawsuits ensue.

 

[RudyG]

Thanks for all the info and links. Much appreciated!