Airfix Products Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Kove, Nicholas
- General Mills
- Borden Inc
- Humbrol
- Hornby Hobbies Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
Sectors:
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Rubber & plastic products manufacture
Plastic products manufacture
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Luxury / consumer goods production
Toys, games, hobby, decoration, etc, products manufacture
Notes:
Established 1939 by Nicholas Kove. From 1949, and especially from mid-1950s, made plastic scale model kits, especially of aircraft and ships, for assembly. By late 1970s in rapid decline due to demand changes and collapsed 1981. Acquired by General Mills and then by Borden Inc which combined it with its Humbrol model business. 1986 assets acquired by Hornby Hobbies Ltd
Publications:
- Airfix. Celebrating 50 years of the world's greatest plastic kits by Ward, Arthur
- Airfix Kits by Pask, Trevor
- Airfix. The golden age, 1955-1982 by Palix, Didier
- British Toy Business. A history since 1700 by Brown, Kenneth D
- Forty Years of Airfix Toys by Brook, Jeremy
- Sixty Years of Airfix Models by Brook, Jeremy
- The Other Side of Airfix. Sixty years of toys, games and crafts by Ward, Arthur
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Kove, Nicholas
- General Mills
- Borden Inc
- Humbrol
- Hornby Hobbies Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
Sectors:
- Rubber & plastic products manufacture Plastic products manufacture
- Luxury / consumer goods production Toys, games, hobby, decoration, etc, products manufacture
Notes:
Established 1939 by Nicholas Kove. From 1949, and especially from mid-1950s, made plastic scale model kits, especially of aircraft and ships, for assembly. By late 1970s in rapid decline due to demand changes and collapsed 1981. Acquired by General Mills and then by Borden Inc which combined it with its Humbrol model business. 1986 assets acquired by Hornby Hobbies LtdPublications:
- Airfix. Celebrating 50 years of the world's greatest plastic kits by Ward, Arthur
- Airfix Kits by Pask, Trevor
- Airfix. The golden age, 1955-1982 by Palix, Didier
- British Toy Business. A history since 1700 by Brown, Kenneth D
- Forty Years of Airfix Toys by Brook, Jeremy
- Sixty Years of Airfix Models by Brook, Jeremy
- The Other Side of Airfix. Sixty years of toys, games and crafts by Ward, Arthur