Kretek Cigarettes quickly grew in popularity. By the early 1930’s, Liem Seeng Tee had changed his family name and the name of his company to Sampoerna (Indonesian for “perfect”). With his business firmly established, Seeng Tee moved both his family and his factory to an abandoned complex of buildings in Surabaya, which he subsequently renovated. The new factory and his family residence, which still produce the company’s hand-rolled kreteks today, soon became known as Taman Sampoerna.
World War II, and the occupation of Indonesia by the Japanese, saw the internment of Seeng Tee and the closure of his business.
Following the war, and his release form internment, Seeng Tee restarted his business. However, by 1959, three years after the passing of Seeng Tee, and in the aftermath of Indonesia’s struggle for independence, PT HM Sampoerna was once more on the verge of closure. In that year, Aga Sampoerna (Seeng Tee’s second son) was appointed to lead the company, and succeeded in reestablishing and rebuilding the company.
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