United Tobacco Processing (UTP) located in Katunayake, Sri Lanka, is one of the main actors in the cigar industry around the globe. UTP produces semi-finalised products (end papers and outer wrappers for the cigar production) for the global B2B market, as well as completely finalised cigars for end consumers. Every year the 2,000 UTP employees produce more than 1,8 billion end papers and outer wrappers, as well as about 200 million cigars. Altogether, this makes for a turnover of around 20 million USD and the market leadership in this segment.