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[[Chacom]] is a brand of [[Chapuis-Comoy|Chapuis-Comoy & Cie]].


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Creator and distributor pipes and guarantor of the traditional methods of manufacturing, Chacom remains today the largest French brand capable of combining tradition, Creation & Innovation. The Chacom pipes are sold in over 40 countries.
 


== History ==
== History ==


1825 : Well before the discovery of briarwood the COMOY family manufactured pipes in the small village of Avignon, near to Saint-Claude, mostly in boxwood for the "Grumblers" of the Army of Napoleon.
{|class=wikitable
 
|-
1850 : Birth of Henry COMOY, founder of the brand.
|1825||Well before the discovery of briarwood the COMOY family manufactured pipes in the small village of Avignon, near to [[Saint-Claude]], mostly in boxwood for the "Grumblers" of the Army of Napoleon.
 
|-
1856 : Discovery of briarwood and particularly the special treatment it required for the making of pipes. Saint-Claude becomes the birthplace of briar pipe manufactures and the world capital of pipe-making.
|1850||Birth of Henry COMOY, founder of the brand.
 
|-
1870 : Henri COMOY, prisoner of war in Switzerland meets his cousins the Chapuis and ruminates the idea of an association.
|1856||Discovery of briarwood and particularly the special treatment it required for the making of pipes. Saint-Claude becomes the birthplace of briar pipe manufactures and the world capital of pipe-making.
 
|-
1879 : Henry COMOY emigrates to London with some of his technicians from Saint-Claude and establishes the first English pipe factory in England H. COMOY & C° LTD. The Saint-Claude factory supplies them with briarwood and pipe bowls.
|1870||Henri COMOY, prisoner of war in Switzerland meets his cousins the Chapuis and ruminates the idea of an association.
 
|-
1922 : After the First World War the association COMOY and CHAPUIS is realised and the Saint-Claude factory becomes CHAPUIS COMOY & Cie.
|1879||Henry COMOY emigrates to London with some of his technicians from Saint-Claude and establishes the first English pipe factory in England H. COMOY & C° LTD. The Saint-Claude factory supplies them with briarwood and pipe bowls.
 
|-
1924 : Death of Henri COMOY. His sons Paul and Adrien assume the direction of the factories in Saint-Claude and London assisted by their cousins Emile and Louis Chapuis.
|1922||After the First World War the association COMOY and CHAPUIS is realised and the Saint-Claude factory becomes CHAPUIS COMOY & Cie.
 
|-
1928 : London now able to produce their own pipes, and in order to develop the Saint-Claude factory, the brand CHACOM is created, using the first three letters of the COMOY and CHAPUIS families. Up till 1939 CHACOM was offered only in France, Belgium and Switzerland in order not to embarrass the COMOY pipes which had the same shapes and qualities.
|1924||Death of Henri COMOY. His sons Paul and Adrien assume the direction of the factories in Saint-Claude and London assisted by their cousins Emile and Louis Chapuis.
 
|-
1932 : The world economic crisis reaches Saint-Claude. To weather this problem Chapuis Comoy & Cie joins with another company under the name of LA BRUYERE, forming the biggest pipe concern in the world with 450 workpeople. Big trucks were needed to transfer the briar blocks from the drying shed to the factory.
|1928||London now able to produce their own pipes, and in order to develop the Saint-Claude factory, the brand CHACOM is created, using the first three letters of the COMOY and CHAPUIS families. Up till 1939 CHACOM was offered only in France, Belgium and Switzerland in order not to embarrass the COMOY pipes which had the same shapes and qualities.
 
|-
1945 : After the Second World War CHACOM assumes its entire commercial liberty and launches a complete and modern range of pipes.
|1932||The world economic crisis reaches Saint-Claude. To weather this problem Chapuis Comoy & Cie joins with another company under the name of LA BRUYERE, forming the biggest pipe concern in the world with 450 workpeople. Big trucks were needed to transfer the briar blocks from the drying shed to the factory.
 
|-
1946 : Chacom becomes the principal brand in France and Belgium.
|1945||After the Second World War CHACOM assumes its entire commercial liberty and launches a complete and modern range of pipes.
 
|-
1947 – 1948 : CHACOM, number one in Scandinavia, Germany, then United States…
|1946||Chacom becomes the principal brand in France and Belgium.
 
|-
1957 : In face of the commercial preponderance of the brand CHACOM the company La Bruyère returns to the name of CHAPUIS COMOY & Cie.
|1947  1948||CHACOM, number one in Scandinavia, Germany, then United States…
 
|-
1964 : Death of Adrien COMOY. His son Pierre succeeds to him in London. Mr REED is the Chairman and Managing Director in Saint-Claude.
|1957||In face of the commercial preponderance of the brand CHACOM the company La Bruyère returns to the name of CHAPUIS COMOY & Cie.
 
|-
1965 : First French brand named pipe in JAPAN
|1964||Death of Adrien COMOY. His son Pierre succeeds to him in London. Mr REED is the Chairman and Managing Director in Saint-Claude.
|-
|1965||First French brand named pipe in JAPAN
|-
|1971||Having recovered its independence from COMOYS of London, Yves GRENARD, second cousin of Pierre COMOY, takes over the Direction of Chapuis Comoy & Cie and at the same time the exclusive sale of H. COMOY & Ltd, in France.
|-
|1978||Pierre MOREL, independent free-hand pipe maker, creates for Chacom a line completely hand made the Chacom Grand Cru. He is the creator of the free-hand shapes Naja and "Fleur de Bruyère".
|-
|1987||Pierre MOREL joins the team Chapuis-Comoy as full-time.
|-
|1994||Chapuis-Comoy integrates ROPP company.
|-
|1996||First design pipe : Chacom Volute, realised in collaboration with Claude ROBIN
|-
|1997||First French pipe to be exported to Russia and East countries
|-
|1998||Chacom Volute n° 2 is launched
|-
|1999||The Pipe Trade Association signed a contract with the authorities for developing pipe industries. One of the action is the co-operation with designers who create the new PASTEL Collection and specially the HEDO and CYCLADE for Chacom.
|-
|2001||Yves GRENARD designed for Chacom the MILLENIUM, a new line for one thousand years as a new shape will be designed each year.
|-
|2002||Introduction of Chacom in China
|-
|2003||Another design line by Erwin VAN HANDENHOVEN with black or nacre insert.
|}


1971 : Having recovered its independence from COMOYS of London, Yves GRENARD, second cousin of Pierre COMOY, takes over the Direction of Chapuis Comoy & Cie and at the same time the exclusive sale of H. COMOY & Ltd, in France.
== Gallery ==


1978 : Pierre MOREL, independent free-hand pipe maker, creates for Chacom a line completely hand made the Chacom Grand Cru. He is the creator of the free-hand shapes Naja and "Fleur de Bruyère".
<gallery widths=250 heights=250 caption="Examples and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka">
Chacom01.jpg
Chacom07.jpg
Chacom08.jpg
Chacom2-01.jpg
Chacom2-07.jpg
ChacomPrestige-01.jpg
ChacomPrestige-07.jpg
ChacomPrestige-08.jpg
ChacomFestival01.jpg
ChacomFestival07.jpg
ChacomDynastie01.jpg|Chacom Dynastie
ChacomDynastie11.jpg|Chacom Dynastie nomenclature
</gallery>


1987 : Pierre MOREL joins the team Chapuis-Comoy as full-time.
<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="More examples">
File:СС 02.jpg
File:СС 01.jpg
File:СС 05.jpg
File:CC 1.jpg
File:CC 2.jpg
File:CC 10.jpg
File:CC 02.jpg
File:CC 3.jpg
File:CC 4.jpg
File:CC 6-1.jpg
File:Chacom 1-4.jpg
File:Chacom 2-3.jpg
File:Chacom 3.jpg
File:Chacom 4-3.jpg
File:1048-1-1.jpg
File:1047-1.jpg
File:1049-1-1.jpg
File:2008-1-1.jpg
File:2219-1.jpg
File:2229-01.jpg
File:2160-1.jpg
File:Chacom Regency 944.jpg
File:Chacom Golden Grain 282.jpg
File:Chacom Royale 123.jpg
</gallery>


1994 : Chapuis-Comoy integrates ROPP company.
== Catalog ==


1996 : First design pipe : Chacom Volute, realised in collaboration with Claude ROBIN
<gallery widths=300 heights=300>
 
Chacom pipes Jura-France.jpg|[[Media:Chacom_Pipes.pdf|Chacom catalog]]
1997 : First French pipe to be exported to Russia and East countries
Chacom1979.jpg|1979 Catalog page featuring Chacom offerings, courtesy Doug Valitchka
 
</gallery>
1998 : Chacom Volute n° 2 is launched
 
1999 : The Pipe Trade Association signed a contract with the authorities for developing pipe industries. One of the action is the co-operation with designers who create the new PASTEL Collection and specially the HEDO and CYCLADE for Chacom.
 
2001 : Yves GRENARD designed for Chacom the MILLENIUM, a new line for one thousand years as a new shape will be designed each year.
 
2002 : Introduction of Chacom in China
 
2003 : Another design line by Erwin VAN HANDENHOVEN with black or nacre insert.


* PDF: [[Media:Chacom_Pipes.pdf|Chacom catalog]]


{{:Clear}}


== Contact Information ==
== Contact Information ==
<revive zone="19" align="left" caption="An excellent selection of Estate pipes is available at The Danish Pipe Shop (A Pipedia Underwriter)" />
<revive zone="7" align="right" caption="An excellent selection of Chacom pipes is available at Pipedia Underwriter, lepipe.it" />


  Chapuis-Comoy &amp; Cie Sarl
  Chapuis-Comoy & Cie Sarl
  4 Rue des Etapes, B.P. 82
  4 Rue des Etapes, B.P. 82
  39203 Saint-Claude Cedex
  39203 Saint-Claude Cedex
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  E-mail: [mailto:chacom@free.fr chacom@free.fr]
  E-mail: [mailto:chacom@free.fr chacom@free.fr]
  Website: [http://www.pipechacom.com/ Chacom]
  Website: [http://www.pipechacom.com/ Chacom]
Direction: Antoine Grenard
commercial service, SAV: Sophie Pierolo
Administration, accounting Delphine Bonavero
Production: Yves Perrad


[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: France]]
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: France]]

Latest revision as of 20:52, 24 January 2024

Chacom Storefront, courtesy Doug Valitchka
Courtesy Blaik-Pipes
Courtesy Yuriy Novikov

Chacom is a brand of Chapuis-Comoy & Cie.

Creator and distributor pipes and guarantor of the traditional methods of manufacturing, Chacom remains today the largest French brand capable of combining tradition, Creation & Innovation. The Chacom pipes are sold in over 40 countries.

History

1825 Well before the discovery of briarwood the COMOY family manufactured pipes in the small village of Avignon, near to Saint-Claude, mostly in boxwood for the "Grumblers" of the Army of Napoleon.
1850 Birth of Henry COMOY, founder of the brand.
1856 Discovery of briarwood and particularly the special treatment it required for the making of pipes. Saint-Claude becomes the birthplace of briar pipe manufactures and the world capital of pipe-making.
1870 Henri COMOY, prisoner of war in Switzerland meets his cousins the Chapuis and ruminates the idea of an association.
1879 Henry COMOY emigrates to London with some of his technicians from Saint-Claude and establishes the first English pipe factory in England H. COMOY & C° LTD. The Saint-Claude factory supplies them with briarwood and pipe bowls.
1922 After the First World War the association COMOY and CHAPUIS is realised and the Saint-Claude factory becomes CHAPUIS COMOY & Cie.
1924 Death of Henri COMOY. His sons Paul and Adrien assume the direction of the factories in Saint-Claude and London assisted by their cousins Emile and Louis Chapuis.
1928 London now able to produce their own pipes, and in order to develop the Saint-Claude factory, the brand CHACOM is created, using the first three letters of the COMOY and CHAPUIS families. Up till 1939 CHACOM was offered only in France, Belgium and Switzerland in order not to embarrass the COMOY pipes which had the same shapes and qualities.
1932 The world economic crisis reaches Saint-Claude. To weather this problem Chapuis Comoy & Cie joins with another company under the name of LA BRUYERE, forming the biggest pipe concern in the world with 450 workpeople. Big trucks were needed to transfer the briar blocks from the drying shed to the factory.
1945 After the Second World War CHACOM assumes its entire commercial liberty and launches a complete and modern range of pipes.
1946 Chacom becomes the principal brand in France and Belgium.
1947 – 1948 CHACOM, number one in Scandinavia, Germany, then United States…
1957 In face of the commercial preponderance of the brand CHACOM the company La Bruyère returns to the name of CHAPUIS COMOY & Cie.
1964 Death of Adrien COMOY. His son Pierre succeeds to him in London. Mr REED is the Chairman and Managing Director in Saint-Claude.
1965 First French brand named pipe in JAPAN
1971 Having recovered its independence from COMOYS of London, Yves GRENARD, second cousin of Pierre COMOY, takes over the Direction of Chapuis Comoy & Cie and at the same time the exclusive sale of H. COMOY & Ltd, in France.
1978 Pierre MOREL, independent free-hand pipe maker, creates for Chacom a line completely hand made the Chacom Grand Cru. He is the creator of the free-hand shapes Naja and "Fleur de Bruyère".
1987 Pierre MOREL joins the team Chapuis-Comoy as full-time.
1994 Chapuis-Comoy integrates ROPP company.
1996 First design pipe : Chacom Volute, realised in collaboration with Claude ROBIN
1997 First French pipe to be exported to Russia and East countries
1998 Chacom Volute n° 2 is launched
1999 The Pipe Trade Association signed a contract with the authorities for developing pipe industries. One of the action is the co-operation with designers who create the new PASTEL Collection and specially the HEDO and CYCLADE for Chacom.
2001 Yves GRENARD designed for Chacom the MILLENIUM, a new line for one thousand years as a new shape will be designed each year.
2002 Introduction of Chacom in China
2003 Another design line by Erwin VAN HANDENHOVEN with black or nacre insert.

Gallery

Catalog

Contact Information

An excellent selection of Estate pipes is available at The Danish Pipe Shop (A Pipedia Underwriter)
An excellent selection of Chacom pipes is available at Pipedia Underwriter, lepipe.it

Chapuis-Comoy & Cie Sarl
4 Rue des Etapes, B.P. 82
39203 Saint-Claude Cedex
France

Phone: +33 (0)3 84 45 00 00
Fax: +33 (0)3 84 45 20 34
E-mail: chacom@free.fr
Website: Chacom

Direction: Antoine Grenard
commercial service, SAV: Sophie Pierolo
Administration, accounting Delphine Bonavero
Production: Yves Perrad