Republic Technologies International
French manufacturer of OCB rolling papers, Swan, and Gizeh brands, producing billions of cigarette paper sheets annually for tobacco wholesale and convenience retail worldwide.
Republic Technologies International is a French manufacturer of rolling papers and cigarette accessories, headquartered in Marne-la-Vallee, Ile-de-France. The company traces its rolling paper heritage to 1918 through the OCB brand (Odet-Chainette-Bolore), which remains one of the world's most recognized cigarette paper labels. Republic Technologies produces rolling papers, filter tips, pre-rolled cones, and tobacco pouches under brands including OCB, Swan, and Gizeh, at French specialty paper mills operating proprietary thin-paper production lines. The OCB Organic Hemp and OCB Slim formats are leading sellers in European and Australian markets. Products are distributed through B2B tobacco wholesalers, convenience retail distributors, and specialty rolling-tobacco retailers in over 80 countries. The company operates a dedicated export division for distributor partnerships and wholesale supply agreements, offering full-range rolling paper catalogs across king-size, slim, and double-sized formats for retail chains and wholesale supply operators.
- Type
- manufacturer (our classification of the record, not a statement by the company)
- Role
- Manufacturer
- Location
- Marne-la-Vallee, France
- Founded
- 1918
- Website
- republic-technologies.com
- Categories
- Tobacco & Smoking Products
- Markets
- France, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Australia, Canada, United States, Belgium
What is established and what is not
No facet of this company has been investigated yet. The facts below are collected records, not an assessment: nothing here confirms manufacturing, ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.
Verified facts
- web-presence-since (green), checked 2026-08-21 Internet Archive (Wayback)
- registry-active-global (green), checked 2026-09-05 INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- registered-trade-only (amber), checked 2026-09-05 INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- lei-lapsed (amber), checked 2026-08-26 GLEIF
- export-registered (green), checked 2026-08-26 EU EORI validation (European Commission)
- corporate-mail-on-domain (green), checked 2026-08-26 Mail server of the company domain
- registered-since (green), checked 2026-09-05 INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- directors-on-file (green), checked 2026-09-05 INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- aeo-certified (green), checked 2026-08-30 EU AEO register (European Commission)
- registry-id-verified (green), checked 2026-08-20 SIREN published in the company's own legal notice, confirmed in the French business register
- sanctions-clear (green), checked 2026-08-26 OpenSanctions
- debarment-clear (green), checked 2026-08-26 OpenSanctions
- domain-registered (green), checked 2026-08-26 Domain registry record
- places-goods-on-market (green), checked 2026-09-07 Registre national des producteurs (ADEME/SYDEREP), France
- cert-fsc (green), checked 2026-09-07 FSC certificate database (search.fsc.org)
Claimed certifications, not confirmed by us
- ISO 9001, Quality Management IAF CertSearch
- ISO 14001, Environmental Management IAF CertSearch
- FSC Certified FSC Public Search
Import rules for these goods
- Tobacco products for the EU market must be notified through the EU Common Entry Gate (EU-CEG) before sale, with ingredient and emission reporting. European Commission (tobacco)