On the surface Hauni’s acquisition of the Borgwaldt group looks to be a a good move. It has acquired a second larger instrument business - filling out its instrumentation portfolio, in addition to its earlier acquisition of Sodim - and acquired the successful Borgwaldt Flavor business. Integrating the Borgwaldt and Sodim businesses will realise cost savings – but only if there’s [...]
Hauni’s acquisition of Borgwaldt
May 21st, 2013 — Acquisitions, Current Issues — Chris Crawley
WT cancels their Istanbul exhibition
May 20th, 2013 — Current Issues, Exhibitions — Chris Crawley
In a move sure to upset prospective exhibitors and attendees – World Tobacco (WT) sent out a late email on May 7 canceling its show scheduled for May 29-31. The email informs it was told by the venue on May 2nd it could not hold the show. This is the second show canceled this year [...]
Tobacco Plus Expo Getting a Name Change
May 16th, 2013 — Conferences, Exhibitions, Regulations: FDA etc., Retail Cigarette Brand Prices Around the World, Science, tobacco — Lou Maiellano
LAS VEGAS — Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) will roll out the red carpet for convenience stores at next year’s show, as reflected in the event’s name change. TPE will now be known as Tobacco Plus Convenience (TPC) and will get a new logo to herald the invitation and inclusion of any and all stores that [...]
Zeller ‘Very Interested’ in Retail Perspective on E-Cigs
May 15th, 2013 — Conferences, Current Issues, Electronic Cigarettes, Regulations: FDA etc., Science, Snus, Snuff & Alternative Products in US Markets, Tobacco Harm Reduction — Lou Maiellano
New CTP director less clear on menthol, deeming, substantial equivalents By MELISSA VONDER HAAR Tobacco E-News | April 24, 2013 LAS VEGAS – Tobacco retailers, suppliers and other NATO Show attendees made up a standing-room only crowd at the general session, The FDA’s Vantage Point & NATO’s Viewpoint, eager to hear whether Mitch Zeller, the U.S. Food & [...]
New York City proposes to increase the minimum smoking age to 21 from 18.
May 1st, 2013 — Current Issues, Preventing Youth Consumption — Chris Crawley
New York City proposes to increase the minimum smoking age to 21 from 18. Mayor Bloomberg, clearly no ally of tobacco, has already advocated restrictions on advertising and NYC has one of the country’s highest taxes. This new proposal aims to prevent younger adults from smoking. “Our responsibility today is to do everything we can [...]
More trade shows etc
April 30th, 2013 — Exhibitions — Chris Crawley
It’s trade show time again- when is it ever not?? Despite whining about the excessive number of trade shows, their encroachment and cost – the shows still go on. In the US trade show attendance is still reasonably healthy but elsewhere in the world it is not. The one exception is Inter-Tabac Dortmund which appears [...]
Altria To Debut Electronic Cigarette
April 25th, 2013 — Current Issues, Electronic Cigarettes, Science, Snus, Snuff & Alternative Products in US Markets, tobacco, Tobacco Harm Reduction — Lou Maiellano
Altria To Debut Electronic Cigarette Altria Group Inc., the largest seller of tobacco in the U.S., is getting into the e-cig business. The company announced that its subsidiary Nu Mark is planning to introduce an electronic cigarette in the second half of 2013, Bloomberg reported. The electronic cigarette will be sold in an undisclosed market. [...]
V2 Cigs and National Tobacco Company Announce Strategic Partnership
April 23rd, 2013 — Current Issues, Electronic Cigarettes, Exhibitions, General, Regulations: FDA etc., Science, Snus, Snuff & Alternative Products in US Markets, tobacco — Lou Maiellano
V2 Cigs and National Tobacco Company Announce Strategic Partnership MIAMI, FL–(Marketwired – Apr 23, 2013) – V2 Cigs(R), America’s largest volume online retailer of electronic cigarettes, announced today a strategic partnership with National Tobacco Company (NTC), distributor of the iconic Zig-Zag(R) and Beech-Nut(R) brands. The two companies have joined forces in the development of a [...]
