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AK Interactive is a Spanish scale-modeling company based in Logroño, La Rioja, that designs and produces paints, weathering products, brushes, tools and publications for modelers and wargamers. It is also the first Spanish brand to develop and produce entirely injected plastic scale model kits. The privately held company develops and manufactures its products in Spain and sells worldwide through its own online store and a network of hobby retailers.
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2,285 products
folia is a German family-run brand of craft and DIY materials, owned by the Bringmann family and based in Wendelstein, Bavaria. Founded in 1965 by Max Bringmann, it now offers more than 6,000 products, from craft and transparent papers to felt, origami sheets and DIY jewelry. The company develops and produces its range at its Wendelstein site, which includes an in-house printing press, and is the European market leader in the creative sector. It holds ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications and uses FSC- and PEFC-certified materials.
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Faller is a German model-making brand founded in 1946 by brothers Edwin and Hermann Faller, today operated as Gebr. FALLER GmbH in Gütenbach in the Black Forest. The company designs and produces plastic model buildings, terrain and scenery accessories, and the Car System road-traffic line for model railways in H0, N, Z and POLA G scales, and also distributes around 26 third-party model brands. All products are conceived, developed and manufactured at the Gütenbach site, which the company markets as "Made in Germany." The firm employs roughly 90 people and is led by managing director Horst Neidhard, who took over after the 2009 insolvency.
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1,691 products
Vallejo (Acrylicos Vallejo) is a Spanish paint manufacturer headquartered in Leganés, Madrid, producing hobby, model, and miniature paints including the Panzer Aces, Game Color, Model Color, and Scenics lines. The company formulates and manufactures its acrylic and enamel paints in Spain and distributes them worldwide through hobby and model shops. Its product range extends to airbrushes, brushes, pigments, weathering effects, and terrain materials for wargaming and scale modelling.
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1,510 products
AMMO by MIG Jimenez is a Spanish scale-model hobby brand founded by modeler Miguel Jimenez and headquartered in Estella, Navarra. The company develops and produces acrylic and enamel paints, weathering products, pigments, brushes, tools, and The Weathering Magazine for the global modeling community. All product development and manufacturing are centered at its industrial-park facility in Estella, where the full range of paint and auxiliary lines is produced in-house.
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ASK, the own brand of Art Scale Kit Distribution s.r.o., is a Czech scale-modeling company based in Liberec that has operated under its ASK name since 2019. It designs and produces its own masking films for canopies and wheels, lead wires, modeling saws, CA glues, digitally printed decal sets and 3D-printed resin detail accessories for plastic model kits, while also distributing brands such as HK Models and Great Wall Hobby across Europe. Development and manufacturing are carried out in-house in the Czech Republic.
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Pelikan is a German stationery brand founded in 1838 in Hanover, best known for fountain pens, rollerball and ballpoint pens, inks, and a broad range of school and office supplies. The brand is owned by Pelikan Group GmbH, headquartered in Falkensee near Berlin, and has been part of the French stationery group Groupe Hamelin since December 2023. Products are developed in Germany and manufactured at production sites in Germany, Mexico, Colombia and Poland, with writing instruments made in Peine/Vöhrum.
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Italeri is an Italian scale-model manufacturer founded in 1962 in Calderara di Reno, near Bologna, by Giuliano Malservisi and Gian Pietro Parmeggiani. The company, registered as ITALERI S.p.A., designs and produces plastic model kits covering aircraft, helicopters, military vehicles, ships, trucks, cars, motorcycles, figures and diorama accessories, along with paints, glues and modelling tools. It markets itself as a "Made in Italy" benchmark in the hobby, with a catalogue spanning scales from 1:100 down to 1:6, and has acquired the moulds of former Italian brands Supermodel, Protar and ESCI.
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WEDO is a German brand of office, school and craft supplies owned by Werner Dorsch GmbH, based in Dieburg, Germany. Founded in 1933, the company develops and manufactures its products in Germany, spanning scissors, folders, desk accessories and its well-known SUPERSTEP® rolling stool. Its range covers everyday office, learning, creative and mobile work needs, with a focus on quality and functionality.
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HEYDA is a German craft and hobby brand founded in 1902, offering motif punches, decotapes, stickers, paper, card, paints, modelling materials, and themed craft sets. The brand is owned by Knorr & Prandell, a Bingen am Rhein–based company within the Schneidergruppe, and has been setting creative trends in the European scrapbooking and card-making market for over a century. Product development and manufacturing are centred in Germany.
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transotype is a German brand of professional graphic and creative supplies, including senseBook notebooks, senseBag pouches, cutting mats, aluminium cutting rulers, cutters, light tables and foam boards. It is owned by the family-run HOLTZ OFFICE SUPPORT GmbH in Wiesbaden, where the company develops its products and operates its own production and logistics centre. The brand, founded in 1964, has won numerous international design awards and ships worldwide from Germany.
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