Bachmann Industries
Bachmann has been in
business under a variety of names, making a variety of
ornaments and toys, since 1833. The original company merged
with a company operated by Henry G. Bachmann and his son in
1899. Specialising in injection moulding since 1912 the
company entered the model railroading field with a range of
easy-to-use snap-together kits of buildings under the
Plasticville® trademark.
Bachmann continued to diversify in the
1960s and 1970s, including among its many ventures slot cars,
toy airplanes, plastic animal sets, robots, and cassette
cases. As model railroading became more popular, the company
supplied everything from trains to scenery to whole villages,
eventually turning to Kader Industrial, Ltd for manufacturing
support.
Founded in 1948 in Hong Kong, Kader was
established to produce models and toys for export. Starting in
1969, Kader made the first model trains for Bachmann, and the
two companies worked hand in hand to create model railroading
products for the hobbyist market. Kader acquired Bachmann in
1981 and renamed it Bachmann Industries. Kader has grown to
become the world's largest manufacturer, by volume, of model
railroads.
Bachmann introduced its premium
Spectrum® line in 1988, which emphasises more highly
detailed, faithfully reproduced locomotives and train sets. In
1988, Bachmann created the Big Haulers™ line in Large Scale
and become the distributor of Thomas & Friends™
in the United States in 2002. It now delivers locomotives,
train sets, and accessories to aspiring engineers in both HO
and Large Scale. Bachmann acquired Williams Electric Trains in
2007 to expand its offering of O gauge three-rail trains.
Bachmann is the only model train company to offer HO, N, On30,
O, and G scale lines.
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