Insights
Practical articles written for purchasing managers, production engineers and owners of cigarette factories. No marketing, just the parameters and the procedures that matter when you buy materials and equipment.
Cigarette filter rods explained: mono acetate, charcoal, recessed, hollow and capsule
What each type of cigarette filter rod does, where it is used and what to watch for when you specify it for your filter assembler.
How to specify a filter rod: length, circumference, pressure drop, ventilation and plugwrap
A practical checklist of the parameters a cigarette factory should state when ordering acetate filter rods, with typical values and the tests behind them.
How to choose cigarette paper: basis weight, permeability, LIP and burn additives
The four cigarette paper parameters that change how a cigarette burns and tastes, and how to match them to your blend, your machine and your market.
Tipping paper: designs, perforation and compatibility with plugwrap and adhesive
What tipping paper does on the cigarette, the options for design and perforation, and why paper, plugwrap and adhesive must be specified together.
Mark 8 or Mark 9: which cigarette making machine fits your factory
Speeds, formats, filter assemblers, spare parts and operating cost of Mark 8 and Mark 9 type cigarette makers, and when a high-speed Protos class line makes sense.
The HLP packing line explained: packer, wrapper, boxer and stamper
How a hinge-lid packing line is built from the HLP packer through the wrapper, boxer and tax-stamp applicator, which materials each machine consumes and what to specify.
Importing tobacco materials into the EU: HS codes, excise and why DDP saves money
How filter rods, papers, foil, machines and tobacco are classified and cleared when imported into the European Union, and what Delivered Duty Paid terms change for a cigarette factory.
Cigarette packaging materials: foil, inner frame, blanks, film and tear tape
The five materials that make up a hinge-lid cigarette pack, what each one does, the specifications that matter and how to buy them so they work together on the packer.
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