In the 19th century, it grew rapidly, peaking at 35 factories in Kampen in 1892, but later declined due to rising prices.
The process involves selecting blended tobacco, rolling it on a zinc (longfiller or shortfiller), pressing under a cigar board (3 hours), trimming, applying a wrapper from Sumatra, gluing with gum arabic, and drying.
Dutch cigars are renowned for their high quality; two billion are exported annually to 100 countries.
Due to automation, manual production has declined since the 1990s.
The Tobacco and Crafts Foundation (established in 2015) preserves the craft through workshops and knowledge transfer by practitioners like Ria Bos.
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