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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, NEUCHATEL - QUARTERLY REPORT DIVISION'. . PROCE°;S DEVELOPMENT SUBJ'EC`1` TITLE . WEASEL PERIOD COVERED : JULY'- SEPTEMBER 1988' WRITTEN BY . Liithi-N. (NIL) KEYWORDS . weasel, tobacco, blend, mlr, expansion, et, ch, bur, fc, ml OBJECTIVES The aim off this project is to try to develop a new tobacco blend for Marlboro giving the same taste characteristics as the current blend~. STATUS In the conte:.t oi this prc iect, two e:-:pansion trials were cairried out in Oy:nens. Two iiaydowns of 1' 000 kg each were processediin the FTI; primary on. September 8, 1988, and expanded the next day in Onnens. Two newiy ciieveloNCd tobacco :>1'ends, both consisting of 10% Burley, 78% , Virginia and 12`;r Maryland tobacco but of dir.erent grades, were usc:d in these two runs (14. No special preblems were enccuntered during the running of the trials. covering the trials were issued by the LT process engineer in Onnens and the undersigned (2). The necessary Tollow-up with the ET of these trials will be carried out by the Product Development Group. REFERENCES (1) Babey-J. Meno to Boeclele-Pi., "ETNA trials, Weasel", June Z, 1988'. (2) Dufcur-P., Luthi-N. Report to habey-J., "Essais d'expansiori 4~ieasel", October 3, 1988 NIL/cav/Octouer 20, 1988' cr388wea:>r.il