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A meerschaum pipe is a smoking pipe made from the mineral sepiolite, also known as meerschaum. Meerschaum ( German pronunciation: [ˈmeːɐ̯ʃaʊ̯m] ⓘ , German for "sea foam") is sometimes found floating on the Black Sea and is rather suggestive of sea foam (hence the German origin of the name, as well as the French name for the same ...
Meerschaum became a premium substitute for the clay pipes of the day and remains prized to this day, though since the mid-1800s briar pipes have become the most common pipes for smoking. When smoked, meerschaum pipes gradually change colour, and old meerschaums will turn incremental shades of yellow, orange, red, and amber from the base up.
The Missouri Meerschaum Company is a tobacco smoking pipe manufacturer located in Washington, Missouri. It is the world's oldest and largest manufacturer of corncob pipes . The company was founded in 1869 when Dutch-American woodworker Henry Tibbe began producing corncob pipes and selling them in his shop.
Eskişehir Meerschaum Museum (Turkish: Lületaşı Müzesi) is a handicraft museum in Odunpazarı district of Eskişehir, Turkey, exhibiting various items handmade of sepiolite (Meerschaum). Sepiolite or Meerschaum is a soft white clay mineral , which is mainly used to handicraft tobacco pipes called Meerschaum pipes .
In 2015, Gazi Group expanded production facilities for uPVC pipe purchasing equipment from Rajoo Bausano. [10] Gazi Group donated medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh in July 2020 to Narayanganj 300 Bed Hospital. [11] It donated Personal Protective Equipment to six hospitals in Dhaka. [12]
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PRAN-RFL Group (Bengali: প্রাণ-আরএফএল গ্রুপ) is a Bangladeshi conglomerate, [3] founded in 1981 by Amjad Khan Chowdhury.It is one of the largest conglomerates in Bangladesh [4] Pran-RFL Group is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and employs over 1,00,000 people worldwide making it the largest employer brand in the country.