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[[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. |