Inside Cuba's cigar box factory

[djrey]

Found this on CA and thought it was pretty neat. The fact that they capture the sawdust and compress it into bricks for use of heating tobacco barns is really cool! Enjoy. 

https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/inside-cuba-s-new-cigar-box-factory

[flinthills]

Thanks for sharing!

[StressedDad25]

Interesting read for sure.

[CaptainQuintero]

Some really great info, thanks for posting ?

"The cylindrical, steel tower is huge, and attached to the side of the building by a round, steel duct. Here, the excess sawdust gets compressed into round bricks that are used for the Montecristo Open Series. The compressed sawdust comes out nearly as hard as rock, chopped into foot-long pieces and then bagged for shipment to the curing barns."