Herpa Herpa
Homepage: http://www.herpa.de/
Info: Herpa is well known for his 1:87 carmodels. Untill 2005 there was no Karmann-Ghia in there assortment.
The story begins in 1961 when Fritz Wagener founded the RIWA company in Nuremberg. RIWA produced and successfully sold plastic items for the photo industry such as slideframes and fans. Due to the success, RIWA outgrew their original Nuremberg location and moved to Dietenhofen, about 30 kilometers from Nuremberg, in 1965 where a new 1.000 sqm factory had been built.
Also in 1965, Mr. Wagener bought Herpa, a Bavarian company that was founded in 1949 and produced accessories for modelrailways. The name 'Herpa' (Hergenroeder Patents) was derived from the name of the founder, Mr. Hergenroeder, and the word Patents. After Herpa bought the company they introduced several successful series of products. In 1967 for instance, Herpa was the first German company to produce accessories for slotcar racing tracks and in 1968 Herpa presented the first plastic kits in 1/160th scale.
Since Fritz Wagener wanted to expand his business he introduced car models in 1/87th scale. The first Herpa carmodels appeared on the market in 1978 and entered a market that had been dominated by one manufacturer (Wiking) for years. The new models were well received and because Herpa found new ways to style the models, one of these being spraypainting the models with metallic laquer, they soon had a considerable number of fans. The truckmodels, which were introduced shortly after the first carmodels, were also well received by the market because of their detail and exact reproduction of the prototype. Herpa soon added functionality to the truckmodels, like the steering frontwheels for instance
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Homepage: http://www.herpa.de/
Info: Herpa is well known for his 1:87 carmodels. Untill 2005 there was no Karmann-Ghia in there assortment.
The story begins in 1961 when Fritz Wagener founded the RIWA company in Nuremberg. RIWA produced and successfully sold plastic items for the photo industry such as slideframes and fans. Due to the success, RIWA outgrew their original Nuremberg location and moved to Dietenhofen, about 30 kilometers from Nuremberg, in 1965 where a new 1.000 sqm factory had been built.
Also in 1965, Mr. Wagener bought Herpa, a Bavarian company that was founded in 1949 and produced accessories for modelrailways. The name 'Herpa' (Hergenroeder Patents) was derived from the name of the founder, Mr. Hergenroeder, and the word Patents. After Herpa bought the company they introduced several successful series of products. In 1967 for instance, Herpa was the first German company to produce accessories for slotcar racing tracks and in 1968 Herpa presented the first plastic kits in 1/160th scale.
Since Fritz Wagener wanted to expand his business he introduced car models in 1/87th scale. The first Herpa carmodels appeared on the market in 1978 and entered a market that had been dominated by one manufacturer (Wiking) for years. The new models were well received and because Herpa found new ways to style the models, one of these being spraypainting the models with metallic laquer, they soon had a considerable number of fans. The truckmodels, which were introduced shortly after the first carmodels, were also well received by the market because of their detail and exact reproduction of the prototype. Herpa soon added functionality to the truckmodels, like the steering frontwheels for instance
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