Brother (toy manufacturer)
| BRUDER Spielwaren GmbH + Co. KG
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| legal form | GmbH + Co. KG |
| founding | 1926 |
| Seat | Fürth - Burgfarrnbach |
| management | Paul Heinz brother |
| Number of employees | approx. 430 (2015) |
| sales | 75 million euros (2014) |
| Branch | Toy maker |
| Website | www.bruder.de |
BRUDER Spielwaren GmbH + Co. KG is a German toy manufacturer from Fürth - Burgfarrnbach .
The company produces toy vehicles mainly in Germany in Fürth-Burgfarrnbach. The toy vehicles are usually characterized by a 1:16 scale. There is no other manufacturer on this scale who offers similar products. Some vehicles have been awarded the spiel gut label . The company is active both in Germany and internationally and is also represented at toy fairs such as the International Game Days.
The company was founded in 1926 by Paul Bruder. In 2003 the company had a turnover of 32 million euros, employed 210 people in Fürth and was one of the few toy manufacturers that only produced in Germany. In 2012 the company employed around 300 people at the Fürth-Burgfarrnbach location. In 2012 a turnover of approx. EUR 51 million was achieved. A new administration and warehouse building in Los Angeles and a warehouse on the east coast of the USA supply the North American market. In 2014, the Czech branch in Pilsen employed 20 people.
In 2006, a toy vehicle model, the Manitou telescopic loader MLT 633, was copied so well by the Fürth competitor Dickie toys , which always produced in China, that Dickie received a Plagiarius award The Chinese company Jusweet Candytoy China Ltd. from Guangdong received the Plagiarius special price for serial offenders in 2008 for the replica of the brother plastic models of the Fendt 209 S tractor, articulated wheel loader FR 130, Liebherr shovel excavator and Caterpillar compact loader ADAR Dariusz Adamiec, Warsaw, was awarded the Plagiarius in 2010 for selling the imitation of the toy combine harvester "Claas Lexion 480" .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c BRUDER Spielwaren: 75 million euros in sales , spielwarenmesse.de, January 22, 2015
- ↑ Retail: Toys are rarely “Made in Germany” , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , January 27, 2004
- ↑ plagiarius.com 2006 toy vehicle model "Manitou telescopic handler MLT 633 (no longer available) Web Archive [1]
- ↑ plagiarius.com 2008 ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (no longer available) Plagiarius 2008: China, Master of Plagiarism , focus.de
- ↑ plagiarius.com 2010 (no longer available) Web Archive [2]
- ↑ Plagiarius 2008: Negative Prize awarded , plasticker.de, February 14, 2008
- ↑ Fig. 17/18 "Plagiarius 2008": The most brazen counterfeit products , rp-online.de
- ^ "Claas Lexion 480" toy combine harvester , focus.de
