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With the move to Melbourne complete, Palmas was prepared with bolstered operational space and resources when, a few years later, cigar packaging underwent several rapid configuration changes. In 2009, when cigar manufacturers required laminated metallized film wrappers in place of the cigar bands that Palmas had produced for decades, Palmas opted to invest in new servo-driven flexo film presses and finishing equipment in order to produce the wrappers. Just two years later, Palmas was faced with cigar firms' unexpected migration from film wrappers into multi-wall zipper film pouches, and again moved quickly—this time to acquire multiple reciprocating pouch forming machines.