Dumont Frères & Cie

Dumont Frères & Cie, a.k.a. Etablissements de Chassart, was a Belgian jenever distillery. It was founded by Auguste Dumont (1794-1876) and took its second name from Chassart, a hamlet of the village of Saint-Amand, where it was founded in 1836. This rural location in Hainaut Province (in the Wallonia region of Belgium) was where the company developed its agro-industrial activities. ‘Chassart’ was also the name of the registered brand of jenever produced at this location. It featured prominently on its bottle labels. The company was also known for the cultivation of beets, its sugar refinery, its malting plant and the production of vinegar, yeast and fertilisers. It was a prime example of a large farm that developed into a sizeable agro-industrial enterprise in less than a century. The company ceased operating in 1968 and filed for bankruptcy.