• U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, an Altria subsidiary, will shift manufacturing from its Nashville plant to a new facility planned for an existing campus in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
• Nashville production will wind down gradually, with operations expected to end in early 2028.
• The move concentrates most processing, production, finishing, packaging in Hopkinsville, replacing an 800,000-square-foot legacy Nashville plant with a 270,000-square-foot facility.
• Altria’s unit plans to sell its more than 30-acre downtown Nashville campus.
• Nashville staff will be encouraged to apply for roles in Hopkinsville or Richmond, Virginia; others will be offered severance packages.

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