4 tobaccoasia Issue 6, 2021 November / December
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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
ths@octobermultimedia.com
Correspondents
Allen Liao (China)
Dr. Iqbal Lambat
Thulani Mpofu (Africa)
Art Director
Somjet Thitasomboon
Translations
TobaccoChina Online
Office Assistant
Aek Jekaram
Subscriptions/Administration
Malisa Kongkatitum
malisa@tobaccoasia.com
Director, October Inter Co Ltd
Boonthin Tubsongkroh
Editorial/Circulation
Offices Tobacco Asia
c/o October Inter Co. Ltd.
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10 Q&A Tobacco Asia
Executive Forum:
A Global Assessment
FRONT FEATURES
22 Putting the Focus on
Butt Recovery
24
"Tobacco & Vape, News &
Views" Podcast Debuts
PRODUCT FEATURES
30 When Tobacco Meets
Hemp
34 Pods Recovery:
A "Must-Do" Issue for
the Industry
MANUFACTURING FEATURES
40 JTI Philippines: A Hub for
Asia and Beyond
44
Dusting Off:
Extraction Systems
LEAF TOBACCO FEATURES
52 STP & CSR Initiatives at
Universal Leaf Indonesia
56 Turkey – New Pressure
on Tobacco Production
58 Zimbabwe's Tobacco Value
Chain Transformation Plan
62 Handling Natural Disasters
In China's Farmlands
CLOSING FEATURE
70 Tobacco Trading Portals:
The Way of the Future?
Features
Departments
6 From the Editor
18 Front Page News
26 Product News
38 Manufacturing News
48 Leaf News
66 Closing News
74 Events
74 Advertisers Index
Tobacco Asia Issue 6, 2021 (November/December)
On the Cover…
Mechanization of pre-curing sewing process:
see the story on Universal Leaf Indonesia's
STP/CSR initiatives.
Dust Extraction Systems
Tobacco in Turkey: New Pressures
