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+Image:Schirwitz_11.jpg|Pipes by Lothar Schirwitz
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 saw another major step in db's history: Planta / db took over the former '''VEB Pfeifen und Holzerzeugnisse Bad Liebenstein''' (shortly "Howal" for "Holzwaren Liebenstein") that had been closed down in 1990 after the consolidation of the two German states. Howal had been the sole producer of tobacco pipes in the late GDR. The company had been founded by Carl Sebastian Reich in Schweina in 1887 and by it's 50th jubilee in 1937 '''C.S. Reich''' was the biggest pipe factory in Germany.
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+Currently db employs appr. 12 workers in Schweina, where the production of the series pipes was concentrated. The design work and the unique freehands were made for further years in the old workshop in Berlin-Kreuzberg until these activities were also moved to Schweina. '''Rudolph Apelt''', today working on his own as "[[Baiano]]", followed Lothar Schirwitz until young and talented '''Martin Schmalz''' took over.
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+Today the annual production is around 30.000 pipes, ranking db as Nr. 2 in pipemaking behind [[VAUEN]]. The numerous series lines are complemented by many special models. db is especially eager to create fresh and modern shapes that are considerably popular among the younger pipe smokers.
-..., to add new techniques and new skilled workmen to the staff, increasing the level of quality production. The annual production is around 30.000 pipes.
-Gradually the factory developed into a brand for series work. The selection runs up to about 45 different series of pipes, mainly in modern shapes that are especially popular among the younger pipe smokers.
-'''Rudolph Apelt''', today on his own as "Baiano", or young and talented '''Martin Schmalz'''.
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