Contents TJI EDITION 02/2020:
SPECIAL
Companies on corona
How the coronavirus is affecting
companies across the globe
Corona news
International news about the pandemic‘s impact on the tobacco industry
NEWS & NAMES
Management changes
In the headlines
Company news
GLOBAL COMPASS
Emerging trends in Africa’s tobacco industry
Tough but thriving
PMI pushes ahead
PMI opens its first stand-alone IQOS store in Africa
BAT expands in Africa
BAT launches a new cigarette factory in Zambia
Zambian government in bind
Between FCTC and economic development policies
LEAF & TOBACCO PROCESSING
Testing tobacco
A look at new and soon-to-be released tobacco varieties
Quality is key
ITGA’s António Abrunhosa on US tobacco
Tobacco Traveller Greece
A closer look at one of Europe’s highest smoking rates
The importance of agronomy
The different factors that play a huge role for FCV leaf quality
Bye bye bugs
A chemical-free heat treatment that gets rid of pests
Keeping the pests out
Learn about the advantages of Borgwaldt‘s pheromone traps
China‘s golden leaf
A detailed introduction of Guangdong Golden Leaf
Meet Marti Nyman
Interview with NDC‘s new President
Growing value
Interview with SWM‘s Marketing Director Philippe Ragot
One in a mill-ion
Hosokawa Alpine on the challenges of processing tobacco
E-commerce tobacco and vape deliveries increase
Do shipments contribute to more carbon emissions and packaging waste?
MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGY
One billion dollars in tax arrears
A closer look at taxes in Russia
Happy Birthday Philip Morris Germany
The tobacco giant turns 50 and reflects on the past and future
ITSA launches blueprint
Read more about the new global tobacco control system
Chile regularises e-cigs with a new law
The fight against vaping in youths
PACKAGING & DESIGN
Problem solvers
Interview with SPI‘s Business Development Manager Danielle Roxborough
Sticking together
Leading adhesives provider H.B. Fuller on innovating and a sustainable future
PRODUCTS & TRENDS
Separating the good from the not-so-good
Should all flavoured tobacco products be banned?
EVENTS
What‘s happening in 2020?
Which trade fairs and meetings are taking place and which have been cancelled?
HISTORY & TRIVIA
Tobacco and plague
Learn more about tobacco during The Great Plague of London
Did you know ... these interesting facts about the epidemic from 1665 - 1666?
ADDRESSES & BRANDS
Cigarette manufacturers/cigarette making and packaging
Aromatics and flavours, e-liquids & nicotine
Cigarette paper, plug wrap, tipping, filters, machinery and perforating equipment