Dos Santos S.A.U. is a Canarian company celebrating its 100 years of history as an industrial manufacturer of tobacco products in the Canary Islands. Since its foundation in 1921, the company has been a family business in which the third and fourth generation of the family currently coexist. Its capital, 100% Canarian, defines the commitment of Dos Santos to the society and economy of the islands. Being a centenary Canarian company implies fidelity to the values and knowledge acquired during so many years of history, together with the capacity to adapt and innovate to face the innovative formulas of the present and a highly globalized and very competitive market.
Since the beginning of its activity, Dos Santos has been able to combine the binomial tradition-innovation, based on a specialized and highly qualified human team.
Today, the fourth generation of the Dos Santos family has joined the company and is making improvements in production, strengthening sales in existing markets, technological advances, improvements in facilities, employee comfort and safety, and investments in research and development.
Proof of this is the investment made in 2019, with more than 9 million euros in the new production plant that guarantees the incorporation of the latest technologies developed in the tobacco industrial sector and the path towards efficiency to meet expectations from the environmental point of view.
Its production center is located in Gran Canaria. Dos Santos has been expanding its business through the development of a sales structure in the peninsula from which it serves in a direct and personalized way to the network of tobacconists in the national territory. In addition, during 2022, commercial agreements have been closed with different distributors, such as La Casa del Tabaco, which has allowed to penetrate in an outstanding way in the peninsular market, a historical demand of the national consumers.
For the company, it is essential for consumers to know that its various products have been produced at its facilities in the Canary Islands since 1921, without losing their distinctly Canary Island flavor. The Elaborado en Canarias brand makes it easier to convey to consumers the history of the Canary Islands company, and its firm commitment to combat the difficulties faced by the Canary Islands industry due to the uniqueness of its territory and the complexity of adapting to changes in a globalized market.
The commitment of Dos Santos with its customers, its workers, society and the economy of the islands is maximum and is firmly committed to the quality and competitiveness of the products made in the Canary Islands.
Today, Dos Santos S.A.U. is one of the leading cigarette manufacturers not only in Spain, but also in Europe. In addition, it has agreements with world reference companies in the sector, such as Philip Morris, which has allowed it to reach record manufacturing and export figures: it manufactures more than 1 billion cigarettes, 6 million mechanized cigars, 38 million cigarillos and half a million manual tobaccos and exports to countries such as Germany, Czech Republic, Chile, China, Hungary, Angola…
