ProTobEx Asia: Finally There Is A Choice
 By Heneage Mitchell
ProTobEx Asia (Philippine International Conference Center (PICC), Manila, Philippines, from March 15-17, 2012) is fast shaping up to be the event to be seen at by tobacco people next year.
Perhaps it is because the exhibition represents something new and exciting in the tobacco industry’s universe, an event organized by the publishers of Tobacco Asia, the region’s most experienced and informed tobacco trade publication with the most comprehensive database of regional tobacco industry professionals to be found anywhere.
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What the US Must Do to Sell More Tobacco to Asia
 By Chris Bickers
Can the United States sell more tobacco to Asia? Leaf dealer Rick Smith certainly hopes so.
“It seems like Asia is the only part of the world where we (the American leaf industry) has any potential to increase sales,” said Smith, president of Independent Leaf Tobacco, in a presentation at the recent US Tobacco Forum held in Durham NC.
There is reason for optimism in the short term and the long term, he said.
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Exhibitor Profile Inter-tabac ASIA Gryson – Booth 3E1
 By Heneage Mitchell
Gryson NV is a manufacturer of rolling tobacco and is well known within the industrial landscape of West Flanders. The company is actually based in Wervik, the heart of the Belgian tobacco industry, where it operates production facilities of over 25,000 sqm. It is a typical West Flanders-based, family-run enterprise, owned by Guido Vandermarliere. Gryson is seeing sustainable expansion internationally.
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Edgardo Disini Zaragoza National Tobacco Administrator, Philippines
.jpg) By Heneage Mitchell
On September 22, 2010, Edgardo Disini Zaragoza was appointed administrator at the National Tobacco Administration (NTA). Zaragoza’s predecessor, Atty. Carlitos S. Encarnacion, guided the NTA through many years of growth, earning the trust, respect and gratitude of the industry in the process.
“My predecessor is a hard act to follow!” Zaragoza admitted with a chuckle.
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Chinese Cigar Maker Builds Vigorous Brands
 By Allen Liao
Great Wall Cigar Factory (GWCF) of China Tobacco Chuanyu Industrial Corporation (Chuanyu TIC) in southwest China – the maker of the famous Great Wall brand cigars – is vigorously developing its time-honored Great Wall trademark hoping to turn it into China’s premier cigar brand.
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Yunnan Takes the Lead Increasing Output of Quality Leaf Tobacco
 By Allen Liao
Southwest China’s Yunnan province – the largest tobacco-producing region in China, known as the kingdom of tobacco – is taking the lead in increasing the output of high-grade leaf tobacco to meet the tobacco industry’s growing demand for the supply of superior raw materials for producing high-grade cigarettes.
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Low-Tar Develops Rapidly in China
 By Allen Liao
The production of low-tar cigarettes in China, after experiencing stable development over the past few years, has entered a period of rapid development recently, with both the annual sales volume and sales income going up sharply year-on-year.
In 2007, the annual sales volume of low-tar cigarettes with a tar level of 8mg per cigarette or lower marked on the packet reached 342,300 cases (17.115 billion cigarettes). In 2009, it soared to a high of 571,500 cases, with an average annual growth of 27% or even higher.
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CDTM: Promoting Innovation
 By Allen Liao
Changde Tobacco Machinery Co., Ltd. (CDTM) in south central China’s Hunan Province – a leading Chinese tobacco machinery manufacturer – has continued to promote innovation in technology and service over recent years, in accordance with the requirement of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) to promote cigarette production in China to a higher level.
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The Game Changer: Bringing Integrity Back to Trade Shows
 By Heneage MitchellI know what you are thinking: ‘here we go, yet another one-sided justification for yet another tobacco show.’ Well, you would be partially correct, this is a pitch for another tobacco industry trade show. Actually, a pitch for TWO tobacco industry trade shows, announced in October, 2010, held concurrently, and covering every aspect of this unique and dynamic industry. So not really a one-sided justification by definition. As for justification? Well, read on: you be the judge.
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Dealing with Disaster Japan Tobacco Works to Ensure Supply
Staff Report Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) has released a series of updates on the effects the recent calamitous earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster continue to have on its domestic product and distribution networks. The company has announced that it is limiting the number of products supplied and the shipment volume for the time being.
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Indian Tobacco – The Way Forward
By Heneage Mitchell India’s 2010-2011 tobacco crop faces some new and some old challenges. And tobacco farmers, who were more than satisfied with earnings in recent years, have been brought down to earth with a bump as disinterest at auctions spurred by a larger than usual Mysore crop and stiff competition from overseas saw opening prices at Andhra Pradesh (AP) failing to meet expectations or production costs.
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