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Canelon Toys

Founded: 1960-04^[1]

Merged with: Maruzen Co. Ltd (株式会社丸善)

Headquarters:

Honjō, Saitama Prefecture, Japan (formerly: Chiyoda, Tokyo)

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Canelon Toys (株式会社キャネロン, Kabushiki Gaisha Kyaneron), currently Canelon Chemicals Co. Ltd^[2] (キャネロン化工株式会社, Kyaneron Kakō Kabushiki Gaisha), a division of Maruzen Co. Ltd^[3] (株式会社丸善, Kabushiki Gaisha Maruzen), is a plastic products^[4] manufacturing company (plastic containers, trays, packaging and growing systems for the horticultural and food industries) and former toy manufacturer^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] based in Honjō, Japan.

Canelon Chemicals in Honjō, Japan (2012)

History

The company was founded in Tokyo, as Nagamine Shoji Co. Ltd (永峰商事株式会社), becaming famous in the 1960s and 1970s for its line of celluloid toys and dolls and mechanical tin toys (Rolly Dolly, Elephant Merry-Go-Round, etc). Sometime after, the company changed its name to Canelon Co. Ltd., producing mostly toys for babies, including several from the Miffy series of toys for children, sold by Sega Toys in Japan, like the Busy Gym.

In 2002 the company was acquired by Maruzen Co. Ltd (株式会社丸善) which had been investing capital in the company since 1989, becoming Canelon Chemicals Co. Ltd. (キャネロン化工株式会社).

Gallery

An old print advert for Canelon Toys, featured on September's 1966 issue of Japanese magazine Tokyo Toy and Commerce Report
Tokyo Toy and Commerce Report September's 1966 issue

External links

References

[http:.2F.2Fwww.maruzen.net.2Fcanelon.2Fguide.html-1] ttp://www.maruzen.net/canelon/guide.html

[http:.2F.2Fwww.maruzen.net.2Fcanelon.2Findex.html-2] ttp://www.maruzen.net/canelon/index.html

[http:.2F.2Fwww.maruzen.net.2Findex.html-3] ttp://www.maruzen.net/index.html

[https:.2F.2Farchive.fo.2F3PqVZ.2Fda23d02a759ca3fc58eff4f28ce4c8f96b00fe61-4] ttps://archive.fo/3PqVZ/da23d02a759ca3fc58eff4f28ce4c8f96b00fe61

[:File:CanelonToys_Box.jpg_p-5] File:CanelonToys Box.jpg

[:File:CanelonToys_Doll.jpg_p-6] File:CanelonToys Doll.jpg

[:File:CanelonToys_Baby_Toy.jpg_p-7] File:CanelonToys Baby Toy.jpg

[:File:CanelonToys_Piano.jpg_p-8] File:CanelonToys Piano.jpg

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+{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (株式会社キャネロン, Kabushiki Gaisha Kyaneron), currently Canelon Chemicals Co. Ltd{{ref|http://www.maruzen.net/canelon/index.html}} (キャネロン化工株式会社, Kyaneron Kakō Kabushiki Gaisha), a division of Maruzen Co. Ltd{{ref|http://www.maruzen.net/index.html}} (株式会社丸善, Kabushiki Gaisha Maruzen), is a plastic products{{ref|https://archive.fo/3PqVZ/da23d02a759ca3fc58eff4f28ce4c8f96b00fe61}} manufacturing company (plastic containers, trays, packaging and growing systems for the horticultural and food industries) and former toy manufacturer{{fileref|CanelonToys Box.jpg}}{{fileref|
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+[[File:CanelonChemicals (2012).jpg|thumb|350px|right|''Canelon Chemicals'' in [[wikipedia:Honjō, Saitama|Honjō]], Japan (2012)]]
+==History==
+The company was founded in Tokyo, as Nagamine Shoji Co. Ltd (永峰商事株式会社), becaming famous in the 1960s and 1970s for its line of celluloid toys and dolls and mechanical tin toys (''Rolly Dolly'', [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LTMWAs5MF4 ''Elephant Merry-Go-Round''], etc). Sometime after, the company changed its name to Canelon Co. Ltd., producing mostly toys for babies, including several from the [[wikipedia:Miffy|Miffy]] series of toys for children, sold by [[Sega Toys]] in Japan, like the [[Busy Gym]].
+In 2002 the company was acquired by Maruzen Co. Ltd (株式会社丸善) which had been investing capital in the company since 1989, becoming Canelon Chemicals Co. Ltd. (キャネロン化工株式会社).
-The company was famous in the 1950s and 1960s for its line of celluloid toys and dolls and mechanical tin toys (''Rolly Dolly'', [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LTMWAs5MF4 ''Elephant Merry-Go-Round''], etc). Sometime after, the company began to manufacture mostly toys for babies, including several from the [[wikipedia:Miffy|Miffy]] series of toys for children, sold by [[Sega Toys]] in Japan, like the [[Busy Gym]].
-[[File:CanelonChemicals (2012).jpg|thumb|350px|right|''Canelon Chemicals'' in [[wikipedia:Honjō, Saitama|Honjō]], Japan (2012)]]
 ==Gallery==