Swedish Match AB, number two in the international cigar market, is preparing for one of the greatest challenges in the 94-year history of the enterprise: the end of the US trade embargo against Cuba. Lennart R. Freeman has clearly-defined goals in mind.
Happy Birthday Alejandro!
Alejadro Robiana has smoked cigars for eighty years and turned ninety this year.
Andres Colding Friis – Scandinavian Tobacco Group
Denmark-based Scandinavian Tobacco Group is one of the tobacco industry’s major global players: it is the largest pipe tobacco producer in the world and foremost cigar manufacturer in Europe, third worldwide.
Don Alejandro Robaina: Proud to Be a Veguero
Don Alejandro Robaina will celebrate his 90th birthday next year. While he and his Finca are mercilessly commercialized, Pancho Cuba toils his fields quietly and prudently. Meanwhile, many people think that he is the best Cuban producer of wrapper tobacco.
100 Years of Heirichs’ Pipes
Peter Heinrichs, a lad from Cologne, an avowed Catholic and an extremely successful entrepreneur in the tobacco retail trade. And this year is the 100th anniversary of the founding of Heinrichs’ Pipes by his grandfather Jakob in 1908.
Asia’s Largest Cigar Company: Pacific Cigar Company
Established in 1992 by Mr. David Tang, the Pacific Cigar Company (PCC) is the official Habanos S.A. distributor for the Asia-Pacific region. Geographically it is one of the largest, supplying Habanos cigars to 37 countries..
Heinrich Villiger Honored for Lifetime Achievement
Following the awards ceremony in New Orleans, twelve more honours were awarded during InterTabac 2009 in Dortmund. Heinrich Villiger earned heartly applause by the audience as he accepted the Cigar Trophy Lifetime Achievement 2009 for his impressive life’s work.
Don Rolando Reyes Honored for Lifetime Achievement
Rolando Reyes Sr. embodies the term “old school” and is known as a cigar legend by his peers and loyal customers around the world. This year, the “World’s most talented cigar maker” was awarded by Cigar Journal for his impressive life’s work.
100 Years Zino Davidoff: A Legend Lives On
“A cigar makes time stop” wrote Zino Davidoff, arguable the most celebrated man in cigars of all time. You could replace the word “cigar” with “Zino” and everyone would still know what you were talking about. On March 11th, we celebrated is 100th birthday.
Cigar from Holland
It comes close to being a particular kind of cigar that from time to time would merit greater recognition. Short-fillers often have more taste, aromas and are cured to a higher standard than many give them credit for.
Blending: Behind the Scenes
Blending is the key to making satiating cigars that are smooth on the tongue, aromatic in the air and comforting o the nerves. Superstar blenders are improving the quality of cigars and the credibility of brands around the world.
José Orlando Padrón Honored for Lifetime Achievement
When José Orlando Padrón arrived in Miami in 1962 he had to live on the 60 dollars a month that the US government granted Cuban refugees. Today he employs more than 600 people and his cigars are amongst the best in the world. We bow to this lifetime achievement.
