Previous Issues Articles Q2 10
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By Heneage Mitchell
Korea’s KT&G is entering a new phase in its development with the appointment of Min Young Jin as its new c.e.o., replacing Kwak Young Kyoon, effective February 26. Min, 52, was previously chief of the production, and research and development divisions of KT&G. Tobacco Asia has been taking a look at this dynamic company and reports on some of the challenges and opportunities Min will be facing as he steps up to the plate.
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By Don Hedley
Japan’s smokers have not had to deal with a tax-driven price hike for four years and have got used to some of the lowest prices in the developed world. Don Hedley, tobacco analyst at Euromonitor International, speculates on the possible impact of the approaching big rise and suggests that the pricing environment in Japan has already changed.
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By Allen Liao
Great Wall Cigar Factory (GWCF) is affiliated to China Tobacco Chuanyu Industrial Corporation (CIC.) and was founded in 2007. The factory has a 90-year production history behind its main cigar brand, Great Wall, the first and only Chinese-made cigar available since 1950. GWCF represents China at international expositions and has won many honors. Nowadays, GWCF products sell in over 30 Chinese provinces, cities and municipalities. It is consistently the domestic leader in terms of output and sales volume. Great Wall is the symbolic, representative Chinese cigar brand and has earns its status as "China’s No. 1 cigar brand".
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By Allen Liao
Chinese cigarette paper manufacturers, facing pressure from all sides as well as the lingering impacts of recession stemming from the global financial crisis, are striving for development by adopting various means, mainly including the reduction of costs and intensification of efforts to enter international markets.
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By Heneage Mitchell
After the last two years of escalating returns to India’s tobacco farmers as prices soared to record highs – and then continued to climb – its hardly surprising that India is recording its largest tobacco crop ever in 2010.
It is estimated that this year Indian tobacco farmers will produce 420 million kg of tobacco – of which flue-cured Virginia will account for about 350 million kg. Burley production ranks second, followed by other air-cured and sun-cured varieties and around 5 million kg of oriental tobacco.
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Staff report
Airco DIET is experiencing a massive interest in new DIET facilities worldwide as the demand for Dry Ice Expanded Tobacco skyrockets.
Airco DIET has supplied close to 55 DIET plants worldwide and is a household name for high expansion within the tobacco industry. The DIET process itself was invented and patented as a joint venture between Airco DIET and Philip Morris and today all major players in the cigarette industry own DIET plants.
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By Allen Liao
Because of high cigarette packaging costs, China’s cigarette pack printers face a dilemma regarding investment in procurement and maintenance of equipment.
Chinese tobacco manufacturers favor luxurious and sophisticated cigarette packaging, for which they have to pay high prices.
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By Heneage Mitchell
Hyderabad is home to two tobacco equipment owned by two brothers that between them provide complete solutions for cigarette making and packaging. This fact has not gone unnoticed by many cigarette manufacturers, including transnational giants, across the region and beyond who have turned to Budhan Engineerings Pvt. Ltd. and Dynamic Tools Pvt. Ltd. to supply their equipment needs.
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Staff report
Max Schlatterer GmbH & Co K.G. is located in the small town of Herbrechtingen, named Herbytown by its friends. This is the place where old craftsmanship meets high tech innovation. In the beginning there was one old narrow fabric loom modified to be one of the first functional endless weaving machines.
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Staff report
International Tobacco Machinery BV (ITM) has a long history of producing tobacco equipment to customer specifications. ITM’s openness to innovations and intention to serve its customers in the best possible way have led to several new concepts in the market of cigarette and filter making. And now ITM is pushing the envelope of filter making even further. With the Solaris multi segment filter combiner, ITM offers an extendable filter making machine with unique capabilities.
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