Marijuana Business Magazine May-June 2019

May-June 2019 | mjbizdaily.com 19 Craft Cartridges Made With 190-Proof Alcohol High 5 Edibles and Fruit of the Earth Organics Dispensary , both in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Organic Alcohol of Ashland, Oregon, collaborated to create what they say are the first craft cartridges to contain 190-proof organic alcohol made from lychee nuts. Organic Alcohol provided the lychee nut alcohol to be used as the solvent in the extraction process, while Fruit of the Earth provided the cannabis strain 24K Gold. Headset and Nielsen Join Forces Global measurement and data analytics company Nielsen formed an alliance with Seattle-based cannabis analytics firm Headset to provide insights about the U.S. marijuana market to consumer packaged goods (CPG) businesses. New York-based Nielsen’s consumer research capabilities will be intertwined with Headset’s point-of-sale data for cannabis products. Headset collects data from states with legal recreational marijuana markets. Headset and Nielsen plan to provide insights into market trends, segments, brands and products in the legal marijuana economy as well as study consumer attitudes and product preferences within CPG categories. Nielsen recently acquired Cannabiz Consumer Group, which studies the impact of marijuana legalization on CPG consumer spending and shopping behavior trends. Cannabusinesses Partner With Novelist Marijuana businesses seeking fresh marketing ideas may want to take a page out of Herbn Elements ’ playbook. The Seattle cannabis shop hosted a book signing with author Thomas Kohnstamm, who was in the store signing copies of his new novel, “Lake City,” and limited-edition packs of pre-rolls. Kohnstamm teamed with the owners of Saints Joints and Fire Bros, both Seattle-area marijuana production and manufacturing companies, to produce 1,000 limited- edition “Lake City” pre-roll packs to help promote the book. Herbn Elements held the last 25 packs for the book signing. The pack, which contains five pre-rolls, looks similar to the book’s cover. WWW.EXERGYLLC.COM ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Exergy Designs & Manufactures HeatTransfer Solutions for the Global Market Any fluid process requiring fine temperature control and pharmaceutical grade components is ideal for Exergy heat exchangers. Exergy is the leading provider of heat transfer solutions to pharmaceutical manufacturers across the globe, from R+D through to production. HEAT EXCHANGERS FOR FLUID PROCESSES • Extraction Applications • Pharmaceutical Grade Components • FineTemperature Control • 316L Stainless Steel Tube-in-Tube Heat Exchangers • 100,000 BTU/HR (29 KW) • 10 GPM (38 LPM) • 4,500 PSI (310 BAR) Shell &Tube Heat Exchangers • 5,000,000 BTU/HR (1465 KW) • 250 GPM (946 LPM) • 1,500 PSI (104 BAR)