Canelon Toys
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Canelon Toys | ||
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Founded: 1960-04[1] | ||
Merged with: Maruzen Co. Ltd (株式会社丸善) | ||
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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.
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History
The company was founded in Tokyo, as Nagamine Shoji Co. Ltd[9] (永峰商事株式会社[10]), 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) which were sold under the brand name "Canelon".
Sometime after, the company changed its name to Canelon Co. Ltd. (named after its well known brand of toys), 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
A rare photo of the company's regional sales and distribution office in Sendai, Japan (unknown date).
External links
- Info about Maruzen Co, Ltd and its two subsidiary companies, E-Half Co, Ltd and Canelon Co, Ltd at www.foomajapan.jp
- www.maruzen.net/canelon/
- www.maruzen.net
- www.e-half.co.jp
References
- ↑ http://www.maruzen.net/canelon/guide.html
- ↑ http://www.maruzen.net/canelon/index.html
- ↑ http://www.maruzen.net/index.html
- ↑ https://archive.fo/3PqVZ/da23d02a759ca3fc58eff4f28ce4c8f96b00fe61
- ↑ File:CanelonToys Box.jpg
- ↑ File:CanelonToys Doll.jpg
- ↑ File:CanelonToys Baby Toy.jpg
- ↑ File:CanelonToys Piano.jpg
- ↑ File:Commercial Import Detentions Report 1971-1972 (United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Food and Drug Administration).pdf, page 379
- ↑ File:Canelon JP PrintAdvert.jpg