Punch (Non-Cuban) carries a 19th-century Cuban-associated name into the U.S. market under Scandinavian Tobacco Group via Forged Cigar Co. / the broader General–Forged sales structure. It is legally and operationally separate from Habanos S.A.’s Cuban Punch. Non-Cuban Punch lines typically deliver traditional, full-flavored profiles drawing on Nicaraguan and Dominican tobaccos for broad American retail distribution.
Manufacturing relationships on the map include Nicaraguan capacity such as STG Estelí and, for select routing, the wider Estelí network that also supports sister STG heritage names. Punch sits in the same corporate cluster as Cohiba (Non-Cuban), Macanudo, and CAO—the STG side of the Cuban-legacy trademark split (opposite Altadis-held names like Montecristo and Romeo y Julieta).
For map readers, Punch (NC) is a corporate-heritage node: historic name, STG ownership, Central American production, no connection to the Cuban factory system.