Strambach
In 1904, Edmund Jolitschke founded a company that, at the begining, produced cigar and cigarette mouthpieces and after meerschaum pipes. In 1922, Robert Strambach become the leader of company and he grew the business. He produced meerschaum pipes and the Calabash pipes, and he developed a system to produce the meerschaum mass (this is a convolut of small sepiolith pieces, grinded down, and pressed together with a bonding agent).In 1974, Edith Corrieri succeeded to her father. She is a master-turner, and today, she is the one producing high quality calabashes and meerschaum pipes in Europe.
The Company produces blocks-meerschaum dressed and decorated with silver, and it produced Calabash pipes with headpipes coloured and economic meerschaum pressed.
In 1981, The Robert Strambach Company, the only producer of meerschaum, have had the Austria armorial and Edith Corrieri had made "Judge of Trade" for its merits.