• March 19, 2024

Golden Leaf Awards

 Golden Leaf Awards

Who will take home the coveted trophies this year?

Who will take home the coveted trophies this year?

With all the negative publicity surrounding tobacco, it’s easy to lose sight of our industry’s positive aspects. Although we trade in a traditional commodity, many of our business practices and technologies are cutting-edge.

Think of a cigarette packing machine, for example. The ability to produce 1,000 cigarette packs every minute without shredding the cartons and pulverizing the tobacco rods (or injuring the operator, for that matter) should count as a small miracle.

Think also of our corporate responsibility initiatives. Most tobacco companies carefully look after the communities that provide their raw materials, investing in schools, hospitals and poverty-alleviation programs.

It’s important to recognize tobacco’s accomplishments. To create a positive buzz in a challenging environment, we have created an annual tobacco industry awards program, the Golden Leaf Awards, presented by Tobacco Reporter and sponsored exclusively by BMJ.

The first presentation of the Golden Leaf Awards took place in 2006, in Bali, Indonesia. The most recent one took place in September 2015, during the Global Tobacco Networking Forum at the Palazzo Re Enzo in Bologna, Italy.

Awards are granted on an annual basis to companies that have achieved outstanding performance in five categories—most impressive public service initiative; most promising new product introduction; most exciting newcomer to the industry; most outstanding service to the industry; and the BMJ most committed to quality award.

We challenge you to challenge our judges by nominating your company or another company deserving of recognition. And, of course, we would also like to thank BMJ. Without its generous support, this program would not have been possible.

2015 Golden Leaf Award winners, recognized in Bologna, Italy

Alliance One International                  Most impressive public service

US Tobacco Cooperative                        Most outstanding service to the industry

SPV                                                              Most exciting newcomer to the industry

Universal Leaf                                          BMJ Most committed to quality

TDC/SCM                                                  Most promising new product introduction

 2014 Golden Leaf Award winners, recognized in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA

The Tobacco Board of India                  Most impressive public service initiative

Tomra Sorting                                          Most promising new product introduction

Shishapresso                                             Most exciting newcomer to the industry

Alliance One International                    Most outstanding service to the industry

White Cloud Electronic Cigarettes      BMJ Most committed to quality

 

2013 Golden Leaf Award winners, recognized in Cape Town, South Africa

Alliance One Kenya                                      Most impressive public service initiative

British American Tobacco (BAT)              Most promising new product introduction (Tie)

and

R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. (RJR)                   Most promising new product introduction (Tie)

White Cloud Electronic Cigarettes           Most exciting newcomer to the industry

Andromeda Forwarding and Logistics    Most outstanding service to the industry

SEKE                                                                  BMJ Most committed to quality

2012 Golden Leaf Award winners, recognized in Antwerp, Belgium

Alliance One International                        Most impressive public service initiative

Heinen Koehl                                                  Most promising new product introduction

Perten Instruments AB                                Most exciting newcomer to the industry

Mane                                                                  Most outstanding service to the industry

Mane                                                                  BMJ Most committed to quality

 

Previous winners include

2011 Golden Leaf Award winners, recognized in Prague, Czech Republic

Alliance One International                          Most impressive public service initiative

Reconex                                                              Most promising new product introduction

ECO2                                                                   Most exciting newcomer to the industry

NDC Infrared Engineering                            Most outstanding service to the industry

Vrijdag Premuim Printing                           BMJ Most committed to quality

 

2010 Golden Leaf Award winners, recognized in Balgalore, India

Universal Leaf Africa                                      Most impressive public service initiative

Iggesund Paperboard                                       Most promising new product introduction

Manifattura Italiana Tabacco                       Most exciting newcomer to the industry

Godioli e Bellanti                                               Most outstanding service to the industry

EDAPS Consortium                                           BMJ Most committed to quality

 

2009 Golden Leaf Award winners, recognized in Bangkok, Thailand

Sopariwala Exports                                          Most impressive public service initiative

Filligent Ltd.                                                      Most promising new product introduction

Arabian Nights                                                 Most exciting newcomer to the industry

U.S. Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers               Most outstanding service to the industry

Bimo Italia SpA                                                 BMJ Most committed to quality

 

2008 Golden Leaf Award winners, recognized in Rio de Janiero, Brazil

Universal Leaf Tobacco Co.                          Most impressive public service initiative

U.S. Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers              Most promising new product introduction

Tobaccotoday.info                                          Most exciting newcomer to the industry

Universal Leaf Tobacco Co.                          Most outstanding service to the industry

ITC Printing & Packaging                             BMJ Most committed to quality

 

2007 Golden Leaf Award winners, recognized in Paris, France

ILTD (ITC)                                                            Most impressive public service initiative

GCH                                                                       Most promising new product introduction

Uncommitted Tobacco Auction                     Most exciting newcomer to the industry

Colin Mear Engineering                                   Most outstanding service to the industry

ILTD (ITC)                                                            BMJ Most committed to quality

 

2006 Golden Leaf Award winners, recognized in Bali, Indonesia

Lakson Tobacco Company                            Most impressive public service initiative

Titan Adhesives                                              Most promising new product introduction

TobaccoPeople                                                  Most exciting newcomer to the industry

Celenese Acetate                                             Most outstanding service to the industry

WinterBell                                                         BMJ Most committed to quality