West Tampa Cigar Company Expands Its Reach In Asia With Distribution In Malaysia and Singapore

West Tampa Cigar Company is a young cigar company but with decades of experience behind the founders Rick Rodriguez and Gus Martinez, and their director of global sales and marketing, Stijn Elbersen. All come from STG. And due to their network and experience, the company is growing at an unprecedented level.

West Tampa is now adding distribution in both Malaysia and Singapore. For Malaysia, the trio hook up with long-term partners Tag Ventures while The Cigarist will be the importer for Singapore.

With Tag Ventures Rick (Rodriguez) and I already have a long business (relationship),” said Stijn Elbersen director of global sales and marketing for West Tampa Tobacco Co. “We keep on expanding in Asia and with this introduction in Malaysia and working together (again) with Tag Ventures we took another important step for West Tampa cigars. Ferdinand Piet is the wholesale manager for The Cigarist, and I have known Ferdinand for more than a decade when we were both in the cigar industry in The Netherlands”.