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Bodum, Inc. is a Danish-Swiss kitchenware manufacturer headquartered in Triengen, Switzerland. Founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1944 by Peter Bodum, the company was moved to Switzerland in 1978 by his son, Jørgen, who continued to run the company as chief executive.

Among the products Bodum markets are French presses, vacuum coffee brewers (the "Santos" and "Pebo"), and double-walled beverage glasses made of borosilicate glass. Their products are advertised as BPA free. The company has tried to register "French Press" as a trademark in several territories, but failed in the U.S., and had the trademark expunged in Canada in December 2012.

Bodum entered into a partnership agreement with American coffee company Starbucks in November 2016 to sell their French presses. In January 2019, the partnership agreement ended as Starbucks recalled defective presses.

Their kitchenware featured on the set of Star Trek: The Next Generation, most notably a glass mug with black handle from which Captain Picard drinks his signature Tea, Earl Grey, hot.

The company remains family-owned under Jørgen Bodum's leadership, co-owned with his sister, Pia Bodum.

Bodum was founded at the end of World War II, in 1944, by Peter Bodum in Copenhagen, Denmark, as a family-owned business. In the 1950s, Martin S.A., a company later acquired by Bodum, introduced the MELIOR coffee press, which became popular in the 1960s.[AI-retrieved source] In the mid-1950s, Bodum introduces its first vacuum coffee maker, the MOCCA, followed by the SANTOS in 1958, which gained international acclaim.

In 1974, Jørgen Bodum, Peter Bodum's son, assumed leadership of the company and launched the Bistro, Bodum's first French coffee press. The Bistro was internationally recognised for its environmentally friendly design and won several design awards. The business relocated to Lucerne, Switzerland in 1978.

In 1986, Bodume opened its first store in London, marking its first store in an international retail network. 1991, Bodum acquired Martin S.A., integrating the MELIOR into its product line. The same year, Bodum collaborated with the British Tea Council to develop the ASSAM teapot, utilising a brewing system similar to the French press to enhance control over tea steeping. By 1996, Bodum was operating in 9 countries including the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Japan, USA, New Zealand, and Australia.

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