Alsack Labels, a Dominican-based supplier of boxes and labels to numerous cigar companies, suffered a significant fire on Oct. 3 that will impact several brands’ ability to package their cigars.
Alsack supplies boxes and labels to several cigar companies, including PDR Cigars, Hiram & Solomon, and Sanj Patel’s SP1014 line, among others. Abe Flores of PDR Cigars told halfwheel that Alsack produces 95 percent of his boxes, and that the fire will affect his ability to send out cigars in boxes for the foreseeable future. Patel told halfwheel that the fire will have impacts on some of his lines as well.
Additionally, the second floor of Alsack’s building was used for tobacco storage for cigar companies in the area. Several sources told halfwheel that it appears that the tobacco in the building at the time of the first was a total or near-total loss.
Alsack Labels is located on the northeastern edge of Santiago de los Caballeros in the D’Clase Corporation Free Zone.