private industry retail founded 1982 ; 34 years ago 1982 f rth bavaria germany founder fritz sieber headquarters f rth bavaria key people michael sieber ceo uwe weiler coo manfred duschl cfo products toys number of employees 3 200 website simba dickie group.de the simba dickie group is a german toy manufacturer founded in 1982 as simba toys . the group is the fourth largest toy manufacturer in germany . the company s slogan is we love to make toys . the company s headquarters are located in f rth lavans in france and hong kong . over 70 % of the whole turnover is generated through foreign market sales . citation needed the simba dickie group has subsidiaries in over 30 countries worldwide . citation needed contents 1 history 2 acquisitions 3 awards 4 references history edit simba toys was founded in 1982 by fritz sieber and his son michael in f rth . in 1984 its hong kong office was established . the simba dickie group was created in 1993 when the independent companies simba toys and dickie toys merged into a single ownership . dickie toys was founded in 1971 by wolfgang sauerborn . after his death in 1993 simba toys took over this company . over the years the company acquired additional toy manufacturers and brands . the once 5 labour firm includes about 3 200 employees in 2016 . citation needed acquisitions edit 1993 dickie toys plastic toys 1998 eichhorn wooden toys 1999 schuco model cars 2001 noris spiele 1 creativity kits games and puzzles 2004 big plastic toys 2006 nicotoy plush animals 2008 smoby toys plastic toys and play furniture 2008 schipper arts and crafts 2010 zoch verlag board games 1 2010 majorette model cars 2 2010 solido model cars 2010 heros wooden toys 2013 m rklin model railways 3 awards edit product design award 2006 for their new big bobby car references edit a b new from simba dickie group zoch noris . purplepawn.com . jens hartmann . simba dickie 2010 ends on a positive note french toy group smoby posts greatest sales volume plans for extensive investment in own production sites latin american distribution network extended . plasteurope.com . frankfurter allgemeine zeitung 20 march 2013 . spielwaren m rklin vor bernahme durch simba dickie . faz.net . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title simba dickie group & oldid 742886177 categories simba dickie grouphidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aissvenska edit links this page was last modified on 6 october 2016 at 12 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view