At the 2012 IPCPR trade show, General Cigar Co. unveiled a new brand called Foundry. Its first line had a steampunk look to it and while we might not have rated the Foundry Wells very high, we did give its packaging eighth place in our 2012 Packaging Awards. At the 2013 IPCPR trade show, Foundry Tobacco Company not only showed off a new line called Compounds, Elements and Musings that increased the wow-factor of the line’s packaging significantly, placing it sixth in our 2013 Packaging Awards. The line features 20 different sizes, 18 different blends and is broken down into 12 different unique elements and packaging designs. Here’s what Foundry Tobacco Company’s website had to say about the line: Inspired by the periodic table, Compounds, Elements, and Musings is a study in contrasts and complexities. Here, chemical elements are represented by 18 exotic blends, each exhibited in arresting packaging. Multitudes of tobacco, handpicked from obscurity, compose the common thread among them. Intricacy reigns. Take Plutonium, with four different blends, each in the same size, all within one box. Or H2O, with three blends applied to one size, also within the same box. Then there’s Titanium, with two different sizes together in ...
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