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Over the years, more and more toy manufacturers and brands were acquired. Initially, only five people worked at Simba Toys. Today there are 2700 employees worldwide. The toy range comprises over 10,000 articles. In addition to Fuerth, the company's headquarters are located in
Langeais and Lavans in
542:(acquired in 1999): Production and distribution of sheet metal vehicles as well as miniature models of vehicles mainly in the scales 1:90, 1:87 (H0), 1:43 and 1:32 (nominal size 1), mainly made of die-cast zinc
522:(acquired in 1993): Production and distribution of vehicles of all kinds. In addition to its own Carson brand, Dickie sells products under the Tamiya (since 1986) and Scalextric brands in Germany
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The foundation stone for what would later become the Simba Dickie Group was laid in 1993 when the two companies Simba Toys and Dickie Toys merged.
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Simba Toys was founded in 1982 by Fritz Sieber and his son
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