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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^[9] (永峰商事株式会社^[10]), becoming famous in the 1960s and 1970s for its line of celluloid toys and dolls and mechanical tin toys (Roly Poly, Elephant Merry-Go-Round, etc) which were sold in Japan and abroad under the brand^[11]^[12] 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).

Photo 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
A rare photo of the company's Northern Japan regional sales and distribution office^[13] in Sendai (unknown date)
A pair of Sudare (window blinds) manufactured by the company

Old toys

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

[:File:Commercial_Import_Detentions_Report_1971-1972_.28United_States_Department_of_Health.2C_Education_and_Welfare.3B_Food_and_Drug_Administration.29.pdf_p379-9] 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_p-10] File:Canelon JP PrintAdvert.jpg

[:File:Agriculture_Environmental_and_Consumer_Protection_for_Fiscal_Year_1972_.28United_States_Senate.3B_Committee_on_Appropriations.29.pdf_p150-11] File:Agriculture Environmental and Consumer Protection for Fiscal Year 1972 (United States Senate; Committee on Appropriations).pdf, page 150

[:File:ConsumerNews_US_Volumes_1-3_.28United_States_Office_of_Consumer_Affairs.29.pdf_p67-12] File:ConsumerNews US Volumes 1-3 (United States Office of Consumer Affairs).pdf, page 67

[http:.2F.2Farchive.fo.2Fzo1cc-13] ttp://archive.fo/zo1cc

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 ==History==
-The company was founded in Tokyo, as Nagamine Shoji Co. Ltd{{fileref|Commercial Import Detentions Report 1971-1972 (United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Food and Drug Administration).pdf|page=379}} (永峰商事株式会社{{fileref|Canelon JP PrintAdvert.jpg}}), becoming famous in the 1960s and 1970s for its line of celluloid toys and dolls and mechanical tin toys (''Roly Poly'', [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LTMWAs5MF4 ''Elephant Merry-Go-Round''], etc) which were sold under the brand name ''"Canelon"''{{fileref|Agriculture Environmental and Consumer Protection for Fiscal Year 1972 (United States Senate; Committee on Appropriations).pdf|page=150}}.
+The company was founded in Tokyo, as Nagamine Shoji Co. Ltd{{fileref|Commercial Import Detentions Report 1971-1972 (United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Food and Drug Administration).pdf|page=379}} (永峰商事株式会社{{fileref|Canelon JP PrintAdvert.jpg}}), becoming famous in the 1960s and 1970s for its line of celluloid toys and dolls and mechanical tin toys (''Roly Poly'', [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LTMWAs5MF4 ''Elephant Merry-Go-Round''], etc) which were sold in Japan and abroad under the brand{{fileref|Agriculture Environmental and Consumer Protection for Fiscal Year 1972 (United States Senate; Committee on Appropriations).pdf|page=150}}{{fileref|ConsumerNews US Volumes 1-3 (United States Office of Consumer Affairs).pdf|page=67}} 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 [[wikipedia:Miffy|Miffy]] series of toys for children, sold by [[Sega Toys]] in Japan, like the [[Busy Gym]].