Testimonials

Testimonials 2010

DJARUM, Indonesia Primadi Herwantoro Serad, export director

- Djarum is the world leading cigarette manufacturing company, which has made a countless contribution to the development of clove cigarettes (kretek), the Indonesian unique blend of clove and tobacco. Our stand at the exhibition attracted a lot of visitors who became very interested in our production. Among them – trade representatives and shop owners from different Russian regions: Vladivostok, Nizhny Novgorod, Norilsk, Omsk, Saratov, Tver, Habarovsk. We were also visited by the distributors from Moscow and St.-Petersburg, as well as the tobacco industry experts from other countries: Georgia, Germany, Israel, Italy and Kazakhstan.

 

MINSK PRINTING HOUSE, Republic of Belarus, Minsk Sergey Orel, marketing and logistic director

- Our company is a leading printing company in Belarus as well as the state enterprise of the Administrative office of the president of Belarus. It is only quite recently that we became engaged in the tobacco industry, and our main aim is to demonstrate our capabilities in this area to the Russian manufacturers. Due to the latest equipment and technologies we are able to produce all kinds of cardboard containers. In course of the exhibition we had negotiations with the representatives of the Omsk tobacco factory, Pogar cigarette and cigar factory and many other industry specialists. As far as the business program is concerned we were mostly interested in the Cigar Championship as we can produce the packaging for cigars also. In our opinion three days are not enough for the exhibition. We would like to work for at least one more day.

Alternative, Russia, Moscow Andrey Kozoulin, business development manager of the Smokoff company

- We represented the Smokoff electronic cigarettes at the exhibition. Our aim was to find new wholesalers and to expand our market. According to the preliminary estimations we completed our task by 80%. We held business meetings with the distributors from Moscow, Surgut, St. Petersburg, Tyumen and other regions.

OP PAPIRNA, Czech Republic Petr Maceska, sales and marketing director

-At the exhibition we represented the rolling paper which our company has been producing for over 100 years. 60% of our production is made under private brands and is being exported all over the world. That is why we are very much interested in cooperation with the Russian manufacturers of the tobacco products.
Visitors from Russia, Ukraine and Latvia showed huge interest in our production; we also had meetings with some of the exhibitors – cigarette producers from Bulgaria and Serbia. The exhibition was well organised and we had a lot of visitors at our stand. We are satisfied with the results.

STARBUZZ TOBACCO, USA Wael Elhalwani, representative

- Starbuzz Tobacco produces hookah tobacco products offering innovative and unique flavors and high quality tobacco. Starbuzz Tobacco products are enjoyed in the USA, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the demand for it is still growing.
Tabak Expo was dynamic and well organised. We had a series of negotiations with the representatives of the business community from Moscow, St.Petersburg, Latvia and Ukraine. We liked the exhibition and look forward to the future cooperation with the Asti Group exhibition company!

BIG BEARD CO. LTD. China Richard Ren, sales director; Miranda Liu, sales director

- Our company is one of the leading manufacturers of the professional tear tapes which are used in the tobacco industry for packaging.
Our products are equipped with a system of protection against counterfeiting and not only combine excellent quality and best prices, but also the high level of service while working with clients. Our production attracted interest both from visitors and some of the exhibitors. We wish Asti Group Company every success in organizing professional events for the tobacco industry!

Jiangshan Shenlida Machine and Parts Manufactory, China Mr. Jacky, general director; Mr. Alek Abu, distributor

- Jiangshan Shenlida Machine and Parts Manufactory company was found in 2002 and specialises in production of hookahs and accessoirs. We produce more than 500 different kinds of hookahs; some of them were presented on our stand. We export our production to the USA, Germany, South Africa, Australia, Western Europe and also to Russia.
During the exhibition our production attracted attention of the shop owners and wholesalers from different regions of Russia. We had negotiations with the representatives from Moscow, St.Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Chelyabinsk. We hope that our negotiations will lead to positive results.

Contrust, China Vladimir Pashkov, director

- At Tabak Expo 2010 we have presented electronic nicotine free cigarettes of our own production, which have cased a sensation among both visitors and participants. We are pleased to note that a lot of professionals paid attention to this new branch of industry. We are confident that a new kind of safe smoking will win a lot of fans.

WAJIDSONS & MUJEEBSONS, India Kamal Nasir, general director

- The group of companies WAJIDSONS and MUJEEBSONS specializes in the production of flavored hookah tobacco, blends of tobacco with fruit and oils and tobacco free smoking mixes. Together with MUJEEB WAJID GROUP we managed to become one of the leading companies serving the needs of hookah lovers worldwide. It is our first time in Russia and we are pleased that our products have attracted a lot of interest not only from Russian buyers. Some Turkish companies also showed their interest in our production. The exhibition is well organized, we liked it very much. Many thanks to the Asti Group company! We will certainly participate in the next Tabak Expo 2012.

KING’S Tobacco, Bulgary Sergey Gorbachov, export specialist

- Our company produces high-quality cigarette products, which was presented at our stand. This production was not yet introduced to the Russian market. That is why it was very important to us to find partners who would be interested in cooperation with the KING’S Tobacco. Unfortunately we had less visitors at our stand than we anticipated. Nevertheless we had negotiations with the representatives of several countries, in particular with the Mongolian distributors. We'll wait and see what happens after the show.

Sensortech Systems Europe, MoistTech Europe, Netherlands Richard Prins, the expert in the European countries Boumtechno, Russia, St.-Petersburg Anastasia Ushakova, project coordinator

- Our company presented at the exhibition the measuring instruments, controlling various technological parameters during the production process. Among them – humidity, nicotine maintenance, sugar and temperature. We came into the Russian market only several months ago, although we have been working at the world market for more than 30 years. Our instruments are used not only in the tobacco industry, but also in other industries: pulp and paper, chemical, etc. Visitors showed interest in our production, among them representatives from Moscow, St.-Petersburg, South Russia, Far East, as well as Ukraine, India and some other countries. We wish Asti Group company to expand a field of activity in the specified area and to increase the number of participants!

GUANGZHOU ZHAOYING HARDWARE CO. LTD. (MITSUBA), China Mr. AMY, manager

- We had a lot of visitors at our stand. Everybody was interested in hookahs, which our company produces since 2002. We also produce a variety of accessories for hookahs, which were also represented at our stand. The most interest was shown by the visitors from Moscow and St.-Petersburg, among them – representatives of bars, restaurants and other places of entertainment. We are very satisfied with the results of the exhibition.

SHENZHEN SMACO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, China Alan Woode, general director

- Found in 2007, SHENZHEN SMACO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED is a leading company specializing in e-cigarettes research, design, manufacturing and marketing. E-cigarette is a new product on the Russian market and it has caused a lot of interest. As a result we had a lot of negotiations and we hope that our products will soon appear in Russia.

Monus, Serbia Vladinir Pekec, regional export manager

Company Monus is one of the biggest and most contemporary tobacco factories on the Balkans, manufacturing over 11.000 tones of tobacco production per year. The company is also engaged in the production of alcoholic beverages, among them brandy, whiskey, absinthe, which were also presented at our stand. The exhibition impressed us favourably, we conducted a series of successful negotiations with the interested parties from Russia, Mongolia, Israel. Many thanks to Asti Group company for the perfectly organized event!

Smyrna Tobacco, Turkey Air Riza Celek, general director; Gulsah Ulgul, export manager

- Smyrna Tobacco was founded in 2003 in Izmir. We produce tobacco and nicotine free hookah molasses which are exported to many countries of the world. Our production is not yet presented in Russia, therefore we are very interested in the Russian market. Together with Asti Group we have carried out the extensive campaign aimed to attract experts to our stand, and the result was very satisfactory. We were approached by people who have received information about us on the official Web site of the exhibition. It helped us a lot.

V2Tobacco, Denmark Inna Zernova, head of sales department in Russia

- V2 Tobacco, the well-known manufacturer of smokeless tobacco, is located in Denmark in the city of Silkeborg. We produce two versions of chewing tobacco according to the Swedish recipe, known to exacting consumers as Snus – both packaged and sold by weight. All our products are pasteurized, low-TSNA and correspond to the Scandinavian certificates of quality food. The purpose of our participation in Tabak Expo 2010 was to attract distributors and investors interested in deliveries of our production to the Russian market. As a result we can say that not only Russia, but Ukraine also have become interested in our Snus. It was a pleasure to work with the Asti Group professional team. We wish the Asti Group exhibition company every success and prosperity, and we hope for the further cooperation!

Astarta Prestizh, Russia, Moscow Kotloukova Svetlana, PR-manager

- Tabak Expo 2010 proved to be an ideal platform where exhibitors could show new products and gourmets - to get a unique opportunity to add to their collections of an elite tobacco and alcohol. The exhibition was held at a high level. The comfortable hall in the prestigious business center, friendly atmosphere, world-class organization, interesting business and entertainment programs - all this left us with a positive impression. We highly appreciate the exclusivity of the event. There were no “random” people among the visitors - only professionals and fans, whom it was pleasant to get acquainted with and interesting to talk to.
Tabak Expo 2010 gave our company the unique opportunity not only to present our new products to the visitors, but also to provide the organizers with safe and convenient smoking areas. Our smoking cabins were quite popular with the visitors who wanted to taste cigars and cigarettes. They particularly noted the complete absence of smell, both around and inside the cabins. We were pleased that a lot of business meetings and negotiations took place in the smoking areas thanks to their cozy atmosphere, comfortable furniture and accessories. We would like to thank Asti Group Company for the excellent organization of the event and look forward to our further cooperation.