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La Boule Obut or simply Obut is a French company, a manufacturer of pétanque balls, equiment and related sporting goods. . The largest producer in its field, the company represents 80% of the pétanque equipment market share.

History
The company was founded in 1955, in Saint-Bonnet-le-Château, in France, by Frédéric Bayet and Antoine Dupuy, and from 1958 in association with Jean Souvignet. .From the outset the company names its brand Obut while forming the limited company La Boule Obut in 1981. With fully-automatic production machines initially designed by mechanic Antoine Depuy and a staff of 130 workers, Obut manufactures 4,200,000 petanque boules per year.

The company remains run by its founding family.