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[[ File:Amiel Flam Prima115.JPG|thumb|Amiel Flam Prima 115.''Courtesy of [http://blaik-pipes.ru/ Blaik-Pipes]'']]
[[ File:Amiel Flam Prima115.JPG|thumb|Amiel Flam Prima 115.''Courtesy of [http://blaik-pipes.ru/ Blaik-Pipes]'']]


French undertakers together with English investors were considering to set up the industry of pipe making in Algeria. The raw material was sufficient available, moreover cheap labour was easy to get.
We had previously indicated that French undertakers together with English investors were considering to set up the industry of pipe making in Algeria. The raw material was sufficient available, moreover cheap labour was easy to get. The Amiel family reports the factory was originally financed by the Wassas Family. Unfortunately things changed after 1929.
 
The AMIEL family was a traditional pipe family. They had their origins in Nancy, France, which they left in 1870 during the German invasion. They first moved to Florence Italy before moving to Philippeville in French Algeria. RAOUL was a gifted engineer and designed and built the factory, which was very modern for the time. <ref name=Jacques-E-mail> E-mail from Jacques Le Moigne, great grand son of Justine AMIEL, Raoul AMIEL’s sister. </ref>
 
[[File:Amiel Royale 100.JPG|thumb|Amiel Royale 100 ''Courtesy of [http://blaik-pipes.ru/ Blaik-Pipes]'']]
[[File:Amiel Royale 100.JPG|thumb|Amiel Royale 100 ''Courtesy of [http://blaik-pipes.ru/ Blaik-Pipes]'']]


In 1932 the first pipe factory in Algeria opened its doors under the name Raoul Amiel. A mysterious factory of which little history is known. Certainly the techniques for making the pipes came over from Saint-Claude so that the pipes are hard to distinguish from the French counterparts.
In 1932 the first pipe factory in Algeria opened its doors under the name Raoul Amiel. A mysterious factory of which little history is known. Certainly the techniques for making the pipes came over from [[Saint-Claude]] so that the pipes are hard to distinguish from the French counterparts.


The factory named Amiel is heading with success. The product soon reached a high grade of perfection and soon competed with the French products. Even so, Amiel was selling a greater deal of his products in Saint-Claude, where the pipes received a French mark to be exported world-wide.
The factory named Amiel is heading with success. The product soon reached a high grade of perfection and soon competed with the French products. Even so, Amiel was selling a greater deal of his products in Saint-Claude, where the pipes received a French mark to be exported world-wide.

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