With the Dominican Republic factories flourishing and with the Fuente family there to oversee their operations, the Ybor City location on 22nd Street remained open as a distribution facility only. Handmade cigars were no longer made in Tampa, Florida. In 1986 the Fuente family joined in a partnership with the Newman family. FANCO (Fuente and Newman Company), now called Fuente Newman, helped contribute to increased sales in the United States.