Cigar News: Quality Importers Trading Company® (QI) Debuting Palio® Pistola at the 2023 PCA

Quality Importers Trading Company® (QI) will be debuting the Palio® Pistola, a Double-Jet Angled Flame Lighter at the 2023 PCA Tradeshow, in Las Vegas, Nevada from July 8th – July 11th, 2023, in booth #10079. Attendees of the PCA Opening Night Gala on July 7th will each receive a Palio® Pistola for their own use and enjoyment.

The Palio® Pistola is the latest addition to the growing portfolio of value priced accessories that QI offers.

The Palio® Pistola features a high powered 30 degree angled double-jet flame and a large capacity fuel tank which functions as the grip and is specially molded to ensure comfort. The design of the Palio® Pistola has dedicated space allowing for increased personalization though QI’s own SWAG Bunker print facility. The large flame adjuster wheel allows you to effortlessly find the perfect flame height.

Alex Goldman, President and COO of QI adds,

“I declared 2023 the Year of Palio® and we have seen retailers worldwide grow in the adoption of this brand. The addition of the Palio® Pistola fills a gap in the portfolio of grab and go lighters on your counter. We look forward to impressing the whole industry as we introduce the Palio® Pistola.”

The Palio® Pistola is packaged in 16 count displays, featuring 4 lighters of each color: smoke, clear, red, and blue, and has a MSRP of $14.99 per lighter. The Palio® Pistola ships in September.


About Palió ®

Palio® is committed to designing and producing superior cigar accessories for the discerning cigar consumer including fan favorites such as the Original Straight Cutter, Vesuvio Triple Torch lighter, Tazza
Ashtray and more. Our diverse and expanding portfolio includes cigar lighters, cigar cutters, and ashtrays. Palio® is owned and internationally distributed by Quality Importers Trading Co®.

About Quality Importers Trading Company®

Quality Importers Trading Company® is the largest accessory supplier to the premium cigar trade. We are an innovation company, delivering groundbreaking designs to the cigar industry from the development of SureSeal® Technology used in Humidor Supreme® brand humidors to the iconic Xi1 cigar cutter. Our organization cultivates a continued dedication to serve our customers, retailers, distributors and manufacturers through innovative, high-quality product and exceptional customer service. Based in the United States with international recognition and growth, QI strives to be the largest distributor of hard goods in the industry, worldwide. The company’s family of brands include XIKAR®, Palió®, Cigar Caddy®, Humidor Supreme®, Big Easy Tobacco, DivPro®, Get-a-Grip®, Hydra® electronic humidifiers,
Hygroset® Adjustable digital hygrometers, Stinky® and Shuriken®.