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Management changes
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Portrait: Pat Raines, president of the Burley Growers Co-op
Global compass
Grandpa has an axe
Grandfather clause in FDA's deeming regs a potential company killer
Regs sink risk reduction down under
Nicotine laws in Australia and New Zealand are hampering MRTPs
Tobacco – the facts and the future
The latest research from Euromonitor International
Thailand set to tighten regs
Junta pushes ahead with tough anti-smoking measures
Special
Europe turns over a new leaf
Revamped EU regulations are changing not just European tobacco
Trade fair debuts in Germany
InterTabac has been breaking records for years, now comes InterSupply
Dusk falls on dawn of e-cig adverts
The beginning of the end for most e-cig advertising in Europe
“The year was just the beginning”
Interview with Posh Global CEO Ingo Karsten
EU leaf remains a vital cash crop
The importance of tobacco farming in Europe nothing to chuckle at
Rush to plain packs
Australia no longer stands alone, and the EU is a big reason why
Russia – three reasons for pessimism
Market at risk of mass-criminalisation, writes Maxim Korolev.
Leaf & tobacco processing
Outlook for US burley – deep cuts and lower prices
US growers expect less from their 2015 burley crops
Boost for lacklustre burley in Malawi
Investment may help solve burley production problems
Leaf perspectives
Antonio Abrunhosa comments on tobacco control regulation
Manufacturing & technology
Secondary sector waits on TPD specs
Machine makers don't like the uncertainty, but it's not lost time
Make it for less
Interview with Hauni head of engineering Axel Born
Looking to the East
Interview with Bobst web-fed marketing and sales director Alfred Ulli
QC readies for future demand
Makers of quality control units look beyond a weak market
The devil is in the detail
Interview with Bill Guthery and Mike Taylor of Essentra Scientific Services
Packaging & design
Improved logistics from Iggesund
New Taiwan warehouse part of push to improve company services
Products & trends
Delfortgroup brings creative approach to Asia
A new mill in the East expands the company's footprint
Melillo unveils new cigar company
Former Drew Estate executive builds future on Nicaraguan tobacco
Combo unit is a winner
Bobst's Novacut 106 ER turns heads in the packing industry
e-cigarettes
ECigIntelligence
No summer break for developments in vaping regulation
Health & scientific affairs
Industry must back its science
A call for better marketing of tobacco industry research
Events
ITTA tasters mark 50 years
How else? With the widest range of leaf in the event's history
Forum calls for a new endgame
GFN 2015 says harm reduction should come first
Addresses & brands
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