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Cigar Industry – Press Release – March 16, 2016

Heinrich Villiger Steps Down as CEO of Villiger Cigars After 65 Years in Charge

Heinrich Villiger hands over his function as CEO of the Villiger Group after 65 years in charge. Starting from March 2016 Robert Suter will take over his new role as CEO. The board of Villiger Soehne Holding AG and Villiger Soehne AG remains unchanged.

Cigar Industry – Simon Lundh – March 15, 2016

Visiting Estelí’s Small Cigar Factories

Estelí in Nicaragua is made up of much more than just big cigar factories. Parallel to Joya de Nicaragua, Drew Estate, Plasencia and AJ Fernandez a myriad of smaller factories operate throughout the city, in everything from town houses to backyards. And they all seem to look ahead with a sense of pr

Cigar Industry – Press Release – March 14, 2016

La Palina Will Decrease Prices up to USD 1.50 per Cigar

La Palina Cigars is lowering the prices on all of its Dominican blends. The Red and Black Labels will each see an average MSRP decrease of $1.00 per cigar, and Classics will see an MSRP decrease of up to $1.50 per cigar.

Cigar Industry – Press Release – March 7, 2016

Colibri Group Rebuilds US Sales Team With David Lampert as VP of Sales

Colibri Group has appointed David Lampert to Vice President of Sales in the United States. David Lampert will oversee the Company’s day-to-day sales operations and will lead a newly-formed national sales team.

Cigar Industry – Press Release – March 4, 2016

Foundry Tobacco Company Announces Plans for Growth

Foundry Tobacco Company (FTC) is expanding. The maverick cigar company has added two sales brokers and a brand manager to drive growth. Taven Johnson and Stephan Mayer of C.H.I.M.P., a broker agency, have been hired to represent the company’s brands in AL, DC, GA, MS, KY, MD, NC, SC, TN, VA and WV.

Cigar Industry – Simon Lundh – February 22, 2016

Camacho Building a New Cigar Factory in Danlí, Honduras

In May this year Oettinger Davidoff is hoping to open up a new and much bigger factory for their Camacho brand in Danlí, expecting to double production within the next five years. It’s going to be 21,000 square meters, almost twice the size of their current one.

Cigar Industry – Editors – February 18, 2016

Royal Danish Cigars Expand in U.S.A. With New Distribution Agreements

Royal Danish Cigars, a brand owned by danish Jan Vistisen signed various new distribution agreements with U.S. based companies. Several lines of the brand will be now available more easily.

Cigar Industry – Editors – February 11, 2016

Davidoff plans to establish its own subsidiary in Germany

Oettinger Davidoff has announced that they will terminate their cooperation with their german distributor Arnold André on 31 December 2016. Thereafter, Oettinger Davidoff will have its own distribution company in Germany.

Cigar Industry – Editors – February 4, 2016

Miami Cigar & Co. Taking Over U.S. Distribution for Toscano

Miami Cigar & Company announced that they have reached an agreement to become the exclusive distributor of Toscano Cigars in the United States. Based in Tuscany, Italy, Toscano has been producing their iconic cigars for 200 years and is to this day the most dominant cigar brand in Italy.

Cigar Industry – Editors – February 3, 2016

Villiger Cigars North America Names Rene Castaneda as New President

In this new role, Castaneda will oversee all aspects of US operations, including sales and marketing. Castaneda will work in tandem, with managing director, Michael Blumendeller who remained in the company after profound restructuring in December of 2015.

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