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CONTENTS
Tobacco Asia Issue 2, 2018 (May / June 2018)
Publisher/Founding Editor
Glenn Anthony John
gaj@octobermultimedia.com
Associate Editor
Nattira Medvedeva
nam@octobermultimedia.com
Contributing Editor
Thomas Schmid
thomas@tobaccoasia.com
Correspondents
Allen Liao (China)
Murdoch McBride
Eric Piras (Cigars)
Art Director
Somjet Thitasomboon
snt@octobermultimedia.com
Editorial Assistant
Andrey Medvedev
andrey@tobaccoasia.com
Translations
Liao Tian Liang
Office Assistant
Aek Jekaram
Subscriptions/Administration
Malisa Kongkatitum
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Editorial/Circulation
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FRONT FEATURES
14 Tobacco Growers Ready
to Lead in
Sustainability
PRODUCT FEATURES
20 Responding to TPD's
Articles 15 and 16
22 Cigarette Manufacturing
in the UAE
26 Intercontinental Tobacco
Company: the Arabian
Daughter of a Prominent
Indian Parent
28 Innovation is Key in
E-Liquid Marketing
MANUFACTURING FEATURES
36 Defect Detection in
Cigarette Manufacturing
42 Chase the CAT Out:
Alternative Cigarette
Filter Materials
48 Fine Cigarettes Push
China to Develop
Innovative Machinery
LEAF TOBACCO FEATURES
56 Nicaragua and Cigars:
the Ups and Downs
60 China to Increase Tobacco
Farmers' Income
CLOSING FEATURE
68 NewCo: Independent
with a Passion
Features
Departments
6 From the Editor
10 Front Page News
16 Product News
34 Manufacturing News
52 Leaf News
64 Closing News
72 Patents
73 Events
73 Advertisers' Index
COVER: A TP Vision unit installed
inside a cigarette maker
(Courtesy of Moisttech Vision)