Laudisi Enterprises best known for premium pipes and pipe tobacco have announced they have acquired Caldwell Cigar Company and Lost & Found Cigars in an agreement that was finalized February 9th. It was also announced that Robert Caldwell and Juan Jaramillo will join Laudisi as shareholders, and will join the management team, leading the new Caldwell Cigar division of the company.
“We have been more than fortunate to have had an amazing first 10 years,” says Caldwell Cigar Company founder Robert Caldwell. “As we enter our next decade, we want to build on our rookie season with new partners that can help us continue to build and grow on a stronger foundation. Laudisi has everything that we need to guarantee our continued success.”
“Laudisi has been involved in the cigar world for almost 20 years,” says Sykes Wilford, CEO of Laudisi Enterprises. “While we’ve steadily expanded our cigar offerings over the past decade, we hadn’t sought a step like this into the cigar business. The more we grew to know Robert Caldwell and Juan Jaramillo, however, the more it became clear that this was a perfect fit for both parties.”
Robert and fellow Caldwell co-founder Juan Jaramillo will join the senior management team at Laudisi Enterprises, leading the new Caldwell Cigar division. “I will continue to do what I did with Caldwell, but better,” says Robert. “I will be able to focus on what I do best and what I most enjoy — branding, marketing, and product development. Juan will continue to liaise with our factory partners and handle logistics.”
“During the first discussions with Robert about the deal, the synergies between our two companies were immediately obvious,” says Shane Ireland. “Ultimately we all agreed that the exciting and most important bit was to allow Robert to focus on what he does best — creating cigars and brands that captivate smokers all over the world. Everyone on both sides of this deal places a huge emphasis on Robert and Juan joining Laudisi as the key to Caldwell’s and Lost & Found’s future success. It ensures continuity for all retail partners, the same outstanding quality that consumers expect, and it frees Robert and his team up to focus on innovation and shaking things up in a way that only Robert Caldwell can.”
“I’m very excited that Robert Caldwell and Juan Jaramillo will be joining Laudisi,” says Sykes. “I don’t pretend to be a cigar expert; I’ve spent the last 24 years utterly immersed in pipes and pipe tobacco. But Robert is. And I’m thrilled that he and Juan will apply their passion and expertise to leading our new Caldwell Cigar division. I’m also very excited about what Laudisi Distribution Group (LDG) can bring to the table for customers of both LDG and Caldwell, offering two exceptional cigar brands — Caldwell and Lost & Found — alongside its existing offerings of pipes and pipe tobaccos.”
Laudisi Distribution Group will be exhibiting Caldwell and Lost & Found cigars — in addition to Peterson and Savinelli pipes and Cornell & Diehl pipe tobacco — at the 2024 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 22nd to 25th.
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