4 tobaccoasia / Issue 4, 2019 September / October
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CONTENTS
Publisher/Founding Editor
Glenn Anthony John
gaj@octobermultimedia.com
Associate Editor
Nattira Medvedeva
nam@octobermultimedia.com
Contributing Editor
Thomas Schmid
thomas@tobaccoasia.com
Correspondents
Josh Doyle (Korea)
Allen Liao (China)
Art Director
Somjet Thitasomboon
Translations
Liao Tian Liang
Office Assistant
Aek Jekaram
Subscriptions/Administration
Malisa Kongkatitum
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Editorial/Circulation
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10 Q&A: Arun Hitkari of
Hitkari Multifilters
FRONT FEATURES
16 The Scramble for TPD2
Track & Trace Compliance
20 China Tobacco's Overseas
Unit Goes Public
PRODUCT FEATURES
28 JTI's Logic Turns Compact
34 Western Vape
Manufacturers Look East
38 KTI: Independent
& Successful
MANUFACTURING FEATURES
44 BAT: Transforming
Tobacco Through
Science and Innovation
48 Flavors: Innovation within
Boundaries
LEAF TOBACCO FEATURES
56 Opposite Ends of
the Spectrum
62 ITGA Situation Update
for Tobacco Gowers
CLOSING FEATURE
70 China Case Study:
Tobacco and Poverty
Alleviation
74 DCM ATN:
Defining Rotogravure
Features
Departments
6 From the Editor
12 Front Page News
24 Product News
40 Manufacturing News
52 Leaf News
66 Closing News
81 Events
81 Advertisers Index
Tobacco Asia Issue 4, 2019 (September / October)
Tobacco for cigarette production. From harvest
to automated machinery line on the factory.
Product for smoke manufacturing. Cigarette
box delivery to the shop.
