The rumor was that either STG or K&K would lease the rights to produce the blends under another name. Looks like K&K "won" out. I'm guessing that Asia is the principle market for this stuff, otherwise it would make little business sense to do this. Don't be surprised if they taste different, even if the "recipes" are followed. Different plant, different tobacco sources, different everything. On the other hand, K&K is a quality producer, they'll do their best to adapt the recipes to keep the flavor as close as possible to the current iteration, so aficionados lucked out on who is producing them. Maybe they will make it to the US for a short visit before going away on 8/8/21.