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SMOBY Insolvency proceedings / Investors said to be interested / Berchet takeover pressures results	11.04.2007
LEGO Profits more than treble to EUR 210m / Corner turned as reconstruction reaches final stages	02.03.2007
GEOBRA BRANDSTÄTTER Toymaker takes EUR 400m sales hurdle in 2006 / Worldwide expansion for "Playmobil" brand	12.02.2007
HUSQVARNA Japanese power tools producer acquired for EUR 116m / Production in Japan and China	09.02.2007
GARDENA New distribution company in Greece / Takeover of local partner	17.01.2007
GARDENA Swedish company Husqvarna buys garden tool manufacturer / No plans for significant job cuts or for shift in production	05.01.2007
KATY British consumer plastics business sold to Jardin International / Buyer is Keter subsidiary	12.12.2006
HORNBY Airfix model maker acquired for EUR 3.8m	20.11.2006
LEGO Danish toy manufacturer with supply problems / Capacities cut as part of streamlining project	15.11.2006
YUE YUEN INDUSTRIAL Capital increase to expand sports shoe production at three sites	01.11.2006
NEWELL RUBBERMAID Little Tikes children´s toy brand sold to MGA / Aim to narrow portfolio and change focus	19.09.2006
LEGO Return to profit in the first half of 2006 / Positive outlook for the full year	07.09.2006
GARDENA Selling procedure initiated / Investor plans to withdraw / Stock market, financial buyer or strategic buyer?	23.08.2006
PLASTIC BAGS Ikea to charge customers in the UK	27.06.2006
LEGO Flextronics to take over most of production / Massive job losses in Denmark and the US	26.06.2006
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Start-up firm for electroluminescent film / EUR 24.5m investment / Automotive potential	11.05.2006
LEIFHEIT Sales decline in 2005 due to restructuring / Corporate realignment almost complete	10.03.2006
GARDENA Sales decline / Bertinchamp satisfied with result / Expansion in central Europe	09.03.2006
UPM Merger of two labelstock businesses	01.03.2006
GEOBRA BRANDSTÄTTER Playmobil defends its market share / Growth abroad / Sales of flower pot systems double	01.03.2006
TONTARELLI Italian group plans injection moulding plant in Luxembourg / French production to be moved?	16.02.2006
OKT / WREDE Above-average growth targeted / Expansion mainly organic / Plastic household goods	15.12.2005
RECYCLING Post-consumer PET polymer used in food and non-food bottles / UK shop trials by Coca-Cola	01.12.2005
LEGO Partial relocation to the Czech Republic / Job losses / Realignment of European production	22.09.2005
SMOBY MAJORETTE Acquisition of the French Berchet toy group / Now the European market´s number 2 player	16.06.2005

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