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Altria Group Inc - an American company, one of the leaders in the global market for tobacco products, is part of Fortune 1000. Until 2003, it was called Philip Morris Companies Incorporated. It was founded in 1847 in London, in 1854, companies began selling cigarettes in its company store. In The company relocates its headquarters in the USA in 1902. The company acquired Milprint and Nicolet Paper Co., a producer of pulp and paper, in 1957. In the 1970s, the brewing company Miller Brewing Co. was purchased, and in the 80s, General food concerns Foods Corp. and Kraft. In 2003 there was a restructuring and the company changed its name to Altr ia Group: Altria Group is currently engaged in the production, marketing and marketing of its own tobacco products in 180 countries and food products in 145 countries, and is the world's largest supplier of packaged consumer goods.