German Engineered Cigars Announces Partnership With India Cigar Club
German Engineered Cigars is proud to announce a new distribution partnership with the India Cigar Club which will assume the distribution of German Engineered Cigars in the Indian Subcontinent & the Middle East including the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). This includes the Republic of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Georgia, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
“With this partnership, we are taking the next big step for our brand,“ says Oliver Nickels, Co-Founder and Chief Cigar Engineer at German Engineered Cigars. „These markets present great opportunities for us to underline the value of German Engineering in the cigar industry.“
“Our concept of a reduced cigar brand hit some nerve“ added Klaas Mahler, German Engineered Cigars’ Co-Founder and Chief Cigar Designer. “We have been growing in the U.S. continuously in the past two years and received tremendous feedback on our design and our ideas. This partnership will allow us to extend our reach to aficionados in some of the largest and most interesting cigar markets in the world.”
“With German Purity and Latin American Flair, German Engineered Cigars bring a new perspective to our existing portfolio. The collective region is one of the highest-taxed Cigar markets in the world but continues to grow, and we are confident our community will thoroughly enjoy the GEC portfolio” says Raahuul Kapoor, Co-Founder of India Cigar Club.
About German Engineered Cigars:
German Engineered Cigars was founded in Hamburg, Germany, in 2015 by Jan-Klaas Mahler and Oliver Nickels. The company entered the market under the name Rauchvergnügen and was re-branded to German Engineered Cigars in 2020, underlining the founders’ aspiration to create new blends and expand into global cigar markets.
German Engineered Cigars are made to be part of a modernist lifestyle. Developing exciting blends and combining traditional cigar manufacturing with modern design, the founders strive for superior cigars combined with avant-garde, independent aesthetics. To them, cigar engineering is an art.
More about German Engineered Cigars at germanengineeredcigars.com and on Instagram at @CigarEngineers
About The India Cigar Club
The India Cigar Club was founded in August 2012 by Shweta Kapoor and Raahuul Kapoor as an Independent Community to bring together wonderful people who have a similar passion for smoking the finest cigars in the world. The Club acts as a meeting point for cigar lovers, where good friends meet and new opportunities are born – all this with excellent cigars and like-minded people across India.
Distributing and Working with more than 30 brands across the Middle East/GCC and Indian Sub-Continent, the India Cigar Club today represents the largest independent portfolio in the continent.
Cigars are available through their Mobile App INDIA CIGAR CLUB, Leading Hotels and Partner retailers around the international region.



