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ABOUT US
The Year 2007 was a milestone for Laporte as we celebrated our 80th birthday. It is evident that our owner, Jean-Michel Laporte takes the quality and service of those products that bear his name personally, as he is the third generation of his family to lead this worldwide company forward. Laporte prides itself on supplying not only the most durable and dependable automatic clay target launchers, but is also the world leader in design and service in this field. Customers choose the Laporte range because the brand has been the choice of champions over the decades and due to Laporte’s worldwide reputation, it has been chosen as the supplier for Olympic Games year upon year. The Clay Pigeon Company is the UK clay manufacturing arm of Laporte. Since being purchased by Laporte in 2000 it has gone from strength to strength. There are more than 30 members of staff and all the clay targets produced on site, as well as those few imported, go through stringent quality control measures. The company’s philosophies are:-
The Clay Pigeon Company manufactures environmentally friendly clays as part of its long term commitment to limit environmental impact. Most of the suppliers in the UK use a coal tar based binder which is not as environmentally friendly, and although easier to use in manufacture, the finished product can be unstable, particularly under very warm weather conditions. Laporte and The Clay Pigeon Company are the biggest manufacturers of clays and traps under the “same umbrella” throughout the world. In 2007, Laporte supplied a record number of traps and targets to Europe and the rest of the world, with customers stating “Olympic quality at affordable prices”. The Laporte name stands for quality and dependability - quite simply Number 1 throughout the world. Key Dates 1927 - Manufacture of the 1st Clay-shooting Launcher : the Hand Trap by Emile Laporte. 1930 - Presentation of the N°2 projector by Pierre Laporte 1931 - The first Shooting range in Antibes. 1956 - Birth of the JUNIOR TRAP 75 introduced by the Laporte Family. 1960 - Olympic supplier - Machines and Clays - Rome. Olympic Games. 1964 - Olympic supplier - Machines and Clays - Tokyo. Olympic Games. 1966 - Creation of the SKEET 1000 and the TRAP 2000 (LAPORTE Patent) 1973 - Launching of Trap 125. Creation by J.C. and J.M. LAPORTE 1974 - Launching of The Target Police and Military Division by J.M. LAPORTE. 1976 - Olympic supplier Machines and Clays - Montreal. Olympic Games. 1980 - Olympic supplier Machines and Clays - Moscow. Olympic Games. 1980 - Launch of the Trap 185 presented by Frederic LAPORTE 1987 - Launch of the AUTO-RABBIT clay by the LAPORTE team. 1988 - Launch of the Vertical "TEAL-TRAP" created by the LAPORTE team. 1990 - The new TRAP 185, presented by Thomas, the youngest child in the LAPORTE family. 2004 - Olympic supplier Machines and Clays - Athens. Olympic Games. 2008 - Olympic supplier Machines and Clays - Beijing. Olympic Games. The main competitions over the last 10 years: OLYMPIC GAMES TRAP,
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