Our guest is Robin Ward, who is head of sales and marketing at Alchem Europe, the leading global supplier of nicotine for manufacturers. Robin talks to us about the many interesting aspects of nicotine and why purity matters when it comes to vapes and pouches.
Our guest is Raphael Moreau, analyst with Euromonitor International, specializing in beverage and tobacco including reduced risk products. He fills us in on the latest legislative trends rattling the tobacco industry from generational bans, excessive tax increases as smoking deterrent, curbing disposable vapes and the effect some of these have on increasing illicit trade.
Tobacco companies have long put emphasis on GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) and sustainability. The latest advance is in this is investing in a more holistic approach ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance). Our guest Peter Sikkel, president and C.E.O. of PYXUS International, parent company of leading tobacco company Alliance One International fills us in on ESG and how it is realized globally in tobacco growing operations
Our guest is Georg Wurth, a life-long advocate for decriminalizing cannabis and founder/managing director of the German Cannabis Association. As Germany moves toward decriminalization and, perhaps, legalization, Wurth talks about his hopes for a cannabis-embracing Germany and also the countless obstacles strewn in the way for reaching that lofty goal.
Guest is Jason Tian, the international representative of 2Firsts which is the most subscribed professional news media reporting on China's e-cigarette industry. It offers public database of the licensed Chinese manufacturers, and follows closely the global corporate and government affairs related to the e-cigarette industry. Jason talks to us about recent developments in China, which could effect the global supply and supppliers of NGP products, brands, hardware.
Our guest is Oscar House, the c.e.o. and president of Intertabac exhibitor US Tobacco Cooperative, a farmer owned flue-cured tobacco marketing cooperative in Southeastern United States.
Our guest is Aron Byrne-Carter, managing director of NGP Trends, which provides reports, workshops and consulting on.trends in NGP. We talk to Aron to get an overview of the direction that the NGP industry was headed this year, in both trends and products.
Dr Roger Penn is a well known figure in the global tobacco industry. Most know him from his 22 years at leading flavor/fragrances houses Firmenich, IFF and most recently Mane Suisse.
Roger is now the principal consultant for Las Casucha Consulting working form his bases in Indonesia and France. Roger’s experience in toxicology and developing tobacco products with major manufacturers goes back a long way and today, here’s here to talk about the history and development of smokeless cigarettes (or heat-not-burn products or heated tobacco products) going back to the late 1980s.
Justo Rico, well-known personality in the tobacco industry and principle of PCB (Premium Cigar Brands), headquartered in Barcelona, is a long time veteran of the global cigar business – selling and manufacturing premium cigars and securing tobacco.
Justo talks to us about his business and the global world of cigars from Europe to Africa to Asia.
Rom Soriano is a young Israeli who invented something that sounds just as crazy as it sounds intriguing: the self-igniting cigarette.
But how does it work? And is it scalable for mass production?
Tobacco Asia’s Thomas Schmid talks to Soriano’s business partner, Roy Weisberger.