BRIO
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Owner:
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Isola d'Vess
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Released:
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Sunday, October 13, 2013
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Origin:
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Agder, Norway
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In Ude godt - hjemme bedst
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Just travel form cache to cache.
If possible get to Osby, Skåne in Sweden.
Second edition (copy tag) of the trackable since original "Geocachius Rex" disappeared after first drop in Lillesand, Agder, Norway in 2013.
Now, renamed to BRIO. I found this BRIO toy in one of my caches that i archived.
I had BRIO trains when i was a kid. Great memory - great toy.
Did you now that BRIO stands for BRöderna ('the Brothers') Ivarsson (in) Osby.
Osby is a small place in region Skåne of Sweden.
BRIO best known for its wooden toy trains, sold in Europe since 1958.
So far so good - Here come the recent history.....
Recent company history (from wikipedia)
Plantoys of Thailand had a joint venture with BRIO in 2001-2002, being present in the Brio catalogs of the time. In 2004, the Swedish investment company Proventus became the major shareholder of Brio with more than 40% of the votes. In the same year BRIO of Sweden moved most of its production to three factories in Guangdong Province, China.
The "Financial Statement January - December 2008" presented on February 17, 2009 speaks of financial problems concerning the company's liquidity. On the 11th of March 2009 the company stated "BRIO financially reconstructed – shareholders’ equity strengthened by more than SEK 300 million".
BRIO was acquired by the Ravensburger Group on January 8, 2015.
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