[3] [4] Until the creation of the Andre Garcia line in 2003, Roy and his artisans toiled in relative anonymity, making cases that carried the brand names of other companies in its factory in Calcutta, India.

Roy engineered a spectrum of sizes to accommodate anything from a short trip, for which one might like a solo smoke, to a party, at which one intends to offer cigars to all the guys.

Striving for multiplicity, Andre Garcia crafted 1—, 2—, 4—, 5—, 6—, 8—, 10—, 16— and 20—finger cases in various designs, leather grains, dimensions, and colors, as well as widths and lengths.

Andre Garcia cigar cases come in about 50 types and sizes, all leather and cedar-lined—and often capped with buffalo horn.

The case is wrapped in a black tanned, high-grade leather, trimmed with silver stitching and fashioned with a chrome finish brass top."

In 2000, Abhik Roy attended the Ambiente Trade Fair in Frankfurt, Germany to showcase his cigar-case designs.

[5] Upon his return to India, Roy left his prior manufacturing job to pursue cigar case production as a full-time entrepreneur.

Between 2000 and 2003, the Kolkata unit was producing exclusive cedar-lined cases for global brands such as Davidoff, Dunhill, Thompson, Cohiba,[16] Macanudo, and Swedish Match.