U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company announced Thursday it plans to relocate manufacturing operations from its longtime Nashville facility to a new plant in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, with production in Nashville expected to end in early 2028.
The company, a subsidiary of Altria Group, said the move is part of a long-term effort to modernize operations and improve efficiency. The Nashville plant currently employs more than 300 people and has operated in the city for more than a century.
According to the company, manufacturing operations will gradually transition to a new facility on USSTC’s existing Hopkinsville campus. The company said nearly all processing, production and finishing operations will be consolidated there rather than split between Tennessee and Kentucky facilities…