Philip Morris International (PMI) established its representative office in Yerevan yet in 1995. PMI is the leading international tobacco company, working to deliver a smoke-free future with products sold in approximately 180 countries and has more than 78,000 employees. Philip Morris Armenia has always been among the top 15 taxpayers in Armenia for the last ten years, paying 18 billion AMD in taxes during 2022. Philip Morris Armenia was awarded with Top Employer Armenia certificate 4 years in a row since 2019. PMA team is expanding dynamically. 700-1000 students and young professionals apply to PMA internship program every year. By which on average 10 candidates get an opportunity work for half a year and be paid. Philip Morris also recognizes the rich scientific heritage and potential of technology development in Armenia. Except PMA commercial office in the center of Yerevan, Philip Morris’s PMI Science R&D center Armenia was established in Armenia in 2018. It is the third in the global network of R&D centers set up by PMI together with the ones in Switzerland and Singapore. Here researchers work in the following primary directions: Data Science, Technologies, Material Science.

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