NewCo Asia Leaf Pte Ltd. says it as entered into an agreement with R.W.J. Wallace Ltd under which it will assist Wallace to market its Malawian tobaccos. Wallace is an established coffee and Read More
Altria said on Thursday that it had been named a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI North America), which represented recognition of the company’s ongoing progress in responsibly managing its Read More
More than 67 percent of adult men in Indonesia smoke tobacco products, according to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), reports the Jakarta Post. In 1995, the National Social Economic Survey reported a figure of 53.9 percent. The Read More
Reynolds American Inc. has been awarded membership in the 2012-2013 Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index, effective Sept. 24, 2012. This is the fifth consecutive year that the company has been recognized this way. Reynolds American is Read More
Next year, Hauni plans to launch Prolab, a cigarette making line designed for the tobacco industry’s R&D departments. Tobacco companies spend considerable amounts of time and money on developing new products. Sooner Read More
Hauni Maschinenbau is introducing a new all-automatic high-bay storage system that allows cigarette makers to separate filter making from the cigarette production process. Apart from maximizing machine utilization, the system’s space-saving storage unit keeps Read More
The International Tobacco Growers’ Association (ITGA), representing more than 30 million tobacco farmers worldwide, on Wednesday reacted with outrage to the publication of new proposals to regulate tobacco farming by the World Health Organization’s Framework Read More
UNITAB, which represents nearly 85,000 tobacco growers acrossEurope, is questioning the EU’s commitment to preserving jobs following leaks about the European Commission’s proposals for the revision of its tobacco products directive. Francois Vedel, UNITAB’Read More
The bans on various oral tobacco-containing products, such as gutkha, which have now spread to at least 11 Indian states, are likely to be ‘positive’ for cigarette companies, according to a story in The Times of Read More
Prince Edward Island’s courts could be the next battleground forCanada’s tobacco companies after the provincial government filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for health care costs associated with alleged tobacco-related disease, according to a Read More
