Puros Indios Cigars is a manufacturer and distributor of Premium Cigars, Operating out of Danli, Honduras for the past 14 years. Prior to operating in Honduras the Reyes family had factorys in Miami and New Jersey.
The New Jersey location is now a retail shop, selling all brands, humidors, pipes & Pipe tobacco.
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The Miami location has been turned into a storefront open to the public. The offices are located in a brand new 30,000 sq. Ft warehouse located right next to the storefront.
New Factory
Rolando Reyes, Sr., founder and head of Puros Indios Cigars, has completed construction of the company's new factory, on the outskirts of Danli, Honduras, and is in full operation. The 79-year old patriarch of the family operates the facility, which makes Puros Indios and Cuba Aliados premium cigars. He and his workers have struggled for years with the inefficiencies of working in the recently-vacated former "factory," a cramped 12-room motel. Over time, Reyes added outbuildings to hold bulk tobacco, finished cigars, and other materials, but the working conditions and productivity suffered in the disjointed physical layout. "There was no possibility of expansion," relates Carlos Diez, vice president and grandson of Reyes, Sr. "With the slump in cigars behind us, we knew the strong and growing market following for our top-quality premium cigars would require greater production capacity. Timing for our new factory is perfect, as our business is showing a strong swing upward." The new factory meets that demand. While 160 rollers now turn out 60-70,000 cigars a day, the new factory can accommodate three times that staffing and output.
Farther south from Danli than the old motel, the new Puros Indios factory sits on a moderately-sloped five-acre plot, below the farm and home of Reyes and his wife. "Don Rolando" says he can now keep a closer eye on goings-on at the factory, right from his kitchen window. Known as a stickler for quality, Reyes has laid out the two story building in an interesting manner. The lower floor is taken up by a huge rolling gallery, which slopes up the hill in tiers. "That way," says Diez, "my grandfather can be at the top, and still watch workers all the way to the bottom tier: likewise, he can see to the top, when he's at the bottom." The upper story holds 15 bulk tobacco storage rooms, along with 3 large walk-in freezer rooms, for killing tobacco pests without using chemicals. Don Rolando, also an avid farmer, has provided an in-factory store, where workers can buy fruits, vegetables, and juices from his farm. Reyes claims to be the only factory owner who also retains the atmosphere of Cuban cigar factories of old, by having a full-time lector, to read the day's news and other literature to the rollers, as they work.
