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VAU-PE Modellspielwaren und Formenbau GmbH was a model railway accessories manufacturer from Wangen in the Allgäu .
The company was founded by Voigt ("Vau", first name unknown) and Friedrich Poppitz ("Pe") on July 1, 1950 and was first represented at the 1951 toy fair with 18 different tree models made from wire mesh with around 15 permanent employees and looked very realistic.
On July 1, 1952, the company was transformed into Vau-Pe Friedrich Poppitz KG (3579 Neukirchen Kr. Ziegenhain) . This year, the range was expanded to include prefabricated model buildings made of wood, cardboard and plaster and other model railway accessories.
In 1958 the company built a new company building and moved into it in 1959. At that time, the company had ten permanent employees and 30 to 40 home workers.
In 1960 Horst Pollak von Pola approached Vau-Pe, who was looking for co-investors because of the high entry costs for a new production of plastic construction kits. From then on, the plastic parts were mainly produced by Pola and assembled ready for sale at the headquarters. Some molds were used in kits from both companies.
The market changed decisively in the early 1980s due to the decline in the birth rate and the advent of computer games. As a family business without a successor, Vau-Pe decided in 1985 to stop production, work up the remaining stocks with two employees ready for sale and then close the company.
Since the production partner Pola was also in trouble at this point due to the death of the managing director, only Eckhard Braun, a former employee at Noch , showed interest in a takeover. He bought Vau-Pe moved the company headquarters to Wangen and put the plastic kits in sizes H0 , TT , N again scratch. There is currently no more production.
The company ARWE-Modelltechnik Christel Braun e. K.
The last known address was: Webereiweg 1, 88239 Wangen im Allgäu.
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- Hessen Schwalmstadt (registry court Marburg), HRA1175, Vau - Pe Spielwaren und Modelle Friedrich Poppitz KG, entry: July 1, 1952, deletion: March 1, 1990
- BW register court Ulm, HRB620433 VAU-PE Modellspielwaren und Formenbau GmbH, entry: December 10, 1985, deletion: February 2, 1998
- BW register court Ulm HRA620820 ARWE-Modelltechnik Christel Braun eK, sole trader, entry: July 30, 1981, deletion: May 3, 2004 ex officio §141 FGG
- Telephone interview with the daughter-in-law of the company founder, April 25, 2008