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Firm was founded by '''Josef Brunner''' in Kleinlützel (Canton Solothurn) in 1878. In 1932 a Mr. '''Buhofer''' joined the Brunner family. The company was named Brunner-Buhofer-Kompagnie, shortly Bru-Bu. | |||
In 1979 the gang of Dr. Horst Wiethüchter and Former Nielsen started to produce the high-grade [[Bentley]] pipes there. | |||
Former was asked to go to Switzerland and upgrade the Ancient Bru-Bu factory. He spent 10 years in Switzerland. Former met his wife while working in Switzerland. | |||
In 1997 he decided to purchase some of the Bru-Bu factory machinery and move the Bentley production to be continued as DAN PIPE. Later he returned to Denmark. | |||
[[Image:Bbk1a.jpg]] BBK logo | |||
<span style="color: red"><font size="4">Under construction!</font></span> | <span style="color: red"><font size="4">Under construction!</font></span> | ||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: Switzerland]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: Switzerland]] |