Brands Wooden toy train

1 brands

1.1 asia
1.2 europe
1.3 north america

brands
asia

china produces many companies (remus, europlay, babalu, maxim, learning centre, learning curve, brio, sevi, munipals). production seems centered in guangdong , zhejiang provinces.
the design winged number has been used several companies. first major company seems have been maxim followed babalu , learning centre among others.
zhejiang siyu toys , crafts co., ltd., founded in 1973 produces companies such melissa & doug in usa or top-toy in europe.
plantoys, founded in 1981 in thailand. has specialized on using rubberwood. produces street system compatible wooden train tracks. has changed connection system several times. plantoys uses plastic connectors similar used ikea , micki leksaker; these fit all-female wooden road tracks. in 2007 plantoys started own line of train tracks , rolling stock, using established peg , hole system rail tracks , magnets rolling stock.
mentari toys, founded 1988 in surabaya, indonesia, production still is, while international sales directed offices in taiwan. products may have been sold under brands elile, funtoys, toytopia, bino , kidkraft.
the toy company sells in germany under brand name beeboo, sells mentari sets under own label.

europe

brio, company founded 1884 in osby in southern sweden. has produced wooden railways since 1957. proventus, swedish investment company became major shareholder in 2004. brio acquired ravensburger group on january 8, 2015.
eichhorn, company founded 1949 in egglham in southern germany. has produced wooden railways since 1961. sold simba-dickie-group in 1997.
heros, company founded herrman rossberg in lam in southern germany. started producing trains in wooden railway gauge in 1968. sold simba-dickie-group in 2010. ceased producing wooden track systems of 2013.
micki leksaker of sweden. has produces wooden railways since 1956.
hartung, berlin germany. may sample sets products different manufacturers.
babalu, sold karstadt, germany, produced in china. items may of same origin maxim , imaginarium.
bino, sells mentari toys sets. old street systems double peg , hole connections have been replaced single middle line peg , covered hole connections, making connection invisible top when assembled.
spielmaus, home brand of vedes toy shops, germany. has made use of many manufacturers, such eichhorn in 1960s or mentari of late.
playgo, brand of steckstäbi company, founded rudi stäblein in bad liebenstein. patented system wooden construction toys in 1995. trains of brand can taken apart , put again build else. in respect similar system of hybo. connection system reminiscent of construction sets of 1920s , 1930s.
hornby , toy train line hornby railways of england. stopped making wooden toy trains few years ago.
ikonic toys , wooden toy brand holland.
tesco , sold @ tesco stores may related euro-play
tarnawa polish wooden company manufacturing ecological toys in europe since 1934 (tarnawaeu.com).
bigjigs rail wooden railway system bigjigs toys ltd. there on 130 different items in bigjigs rail range, compatible other wooden railway systems.
kids-wood, has wooden toy train line including road system. part of danish top-toy company. sold in br toy shops.
early learning centre has own range of wooden toys under brand name wooden world . includes wooden cars , railway systems (mainly of type produced in china) although sell thomas & friends items learning curve of 2008.
sevi, toy company of northern italy founded in 1831 in val gardena, , acquired trudi company in 1998, offers wooden train sets. these designed in italy produced in china.
hybo symplo, toy company pavia, italy. modular hy-per bo-ard system connects modular system of connectable boards groves in same scale wooden railway systems peg-and-hole building system. of modules provide connection points regular rails. rolling stock , other vehicles compatible vario system.
john crane ltd., founded in 1984, toy company based in northampton in uk. company offers sets in tidlo line (introduced 2010) in small world category. in 2010 became distributor retailers in uk italy-based company sevi.
ikea lillabo, furniture brand sweden produces own wooden train sets.

north america

skaneateles handicrafts - t.c.timber - habermaas, company founded 1936 marshall larabee in skaneateles ny in northeast of usa. claims have invented wooden track gauge. purchased habermaas corporation of germany in 1980. trains produced under tc timber brand after 2002 made in germany.
learning curve, thomas & friends, company founded 1993 john w. lee in usa. produces trains based on thomas tank engine , friends characters. owned rc2 since 2003.
maple landmark woodcraft, company founded 1979 mike rainville in vermont, usa. has produced trains wooden track system gauge since 1993.
whittle shortline- company founded in 1976 mike whitworth, based in missouri. offers line of wooden trains based upon north american prototypes.
lionel has produced special line of realistic trains maxim since 2006.
suretrack, produces securing trackclips.
nilo, produces flexible tracks.
choo choo track & toy co, established in 1999, has concentrated on track , accessories, using american beech wood source. source of track whittle, choo choo track & toy co both producer , online retailer of track, bridges, tables, , other accessories. track available individual pieces or in complete sets. noteworthy track adapters company offers connect wooden tracks other systems similar gauge, such blue plastic tracks tomy dove tail connectors , tan tracks trackmaster.
meskotoys division of meskotech, inc., engineering company founded in 1996 in ann arbor, michigan. produce track , accessories, using american tree-cycled solid maple hardwood wood source. speciality track crosses , switches of unique design build layouts otherwise not possible traditional standard track pieces.* maxim, has been making toys since 1962. has joint venture project lionel since late 2005, introducing new line of realistic trains under brand name of lionel 2006.
munipals, [sic] division of fay graphic design ltd, based in shelter island, ny. munipals specializes in producing subway , commuter train models mta, cta, new jersey transit, , septa. mta trains can found in new york transit museum s gift shops.
imaginarium / universe of imagination, brand sold toys r us. imaginarium toy centers, inc. company focused on educational toys. purchased toys r in 1998 43 million dollars. items may of same origin maxim , babalu.
melissa & doug, founded in 1988, have line of train tables , complete wooden train world sets.
kidkraft, producer of child-related furniture started sell train sets train tables.
t t, no-name brand of train sets. made unnamed toy company creates other toys.




^ proventus new principal shareholder in swedish toy maker brio 6 july 2004.
^ set wir spielen verkehr zu lande, zu wasser, in der luft , spielzeug museum nürnberg, number 1975.777
^ tarnawa wooden toys
^ bigjigsrail.com
^ company profil @ sevi.com
^ track adapters similar gauges choo choo track
^ explanation of term tree-cycled meskotoys
^ munipals.com
^ history of toys r @ toysrus.com
^ history of toys r @ fundinguniverse.com