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A good fortune brought them in contact with [[Henrik Jørgensen]], a passionate pipe lover and a wealthy Copenhagen banker who was willing to retire from bank business and change his career to become a pipemaker. The trio joined in 1969 and decided to start a new pipe brand together. Tao Nielsen and Poul Ilsted started to search for a suitable workshop while Henrik Jørgensen took care of the finances. In early 1970 the partners found an old, closed down pipe factory in Svendborg on Funen, and bought it shortly after for a mere 16.500 Danish Kroner. It was the earlier Nordic Pipe Factory – Nordisc Pibefabriker - maybe the oldest Danish pipe factory. And now it became the home of [[Svendborg Piber]]. | A good fortune brought them in contact with [[Henrik Jørgensen]], a passionate pipe lover and a wealthy Copenhagen banker who was willing to retire from bank business and change his career to become a pipemaker. The trio joined in 1969 and decided to start a new pipe brand together. Tao Nielsen and Poul Ilsted started to search for a suitable workshop while Henrik Jørgensen took care of the finances. In early 1970 the partners found an old, closed down pipe factory in Svendborg on Funen, and bought it shortly after for a mere 16.500 Danish Kroner. It was the earlier Nordic Pipe Factory – Nordisc Pibefabriker - maybe the oldest Danish pipe factory. And now it became the home of [[Svendborg Piber]]. | ||
The young team started with the common difficulties but success came quite rapidly after they travelled Germany in search of a distributor and met ''Detlef Seiffert'', senior partner of [[Heinrich Seiffert & Sohn GmbH]], a major German wholesaler in Kassel. Seiffert, insisting on high quality standards, started placing considerable orders with the new factory and began to market the brand very sucessfully in Germany. Of course Seiffert - a relative of [[Harry Kapp]], partner of [[Charles Peterson]] of the famous Dublin pipe house - used his international contacts to promote Svendborg Piber furthermore. | The young team started with the common difficulties but success came quite rapidly after they travelled Germany in search of a distributor and met ''Detlef Seiffert'', senior partner of [[Heinrich Seiffert & Sohn GmbH]], a major German wholesaler in Kassel. Seiffert, insisting on high quality standards, started placing considerable orders with the new factory and began to market the brand very sucessfully in Germany. Of course Seiffert - a relative of [[Harry Kapp]], partner of [[Charles Christopher Peterson]] of the famous Dublin pipe house - used his international contacts to promote Svendborg Piber furthermore. | ||
The Funen crew designed many new models for him and after a couple of months (!) they employed up to 17 people. Tao Nielsen later gratefully remembered "the big chief's whip": "Without him we wouldn’t have made it, he gave us decisive support. He was like an engine – something that our business lacks today." | The Funen crew designed many new models for him and after a couple of months (!) they employed up to 17 people. Tao Nielsen later gratefully remembered "the big chief's whip": "Without him we wouldn’t have made it, he gave us decisive support. He was like an engine – something that our business lacks today." | ||