Around this time, in the 1940s, the Le Hoyo series (along with the Chateaux series which would later be used to create the Davidoff cigar line) was created for Swiss distributor A. Dürr Co. After the death of partner Ramón Fernández, Fernando Palicio became sole proprietor of the business and by 1958 his cigar lines accounted for 13% of all Havana cigar exports.
In the 1940s, the Le Hoyo series (and later the Chateaux line used to produce the Davidoff cigar) was developed for Swiss distributor A. Dürr Co. After Ramón Fernández's death, Fernando Palicio became sole proprietor of the business and by 1958 his cigars accounted for 13% of all Havana exports.