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| Company type | Private company |
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| Industry | Ivory, celluloid, plastics, and accessories for model railroading |
| Founded | 1833 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Founder | Henry Carlisle |
| Headquarters | Hamilton, Bermuda Hong Kong, China |
Key people | Henry Carlisle, Henry G.(father of), Henry Edward, and Walter John Bachmann (founders), additional key people include: Joseph Chester Sharpless Crowther, Bayard "Bud" Henry Crowther, Arthur Henry Crowther and Chester Walter Crowther |
| Products | Model railway trains |
| Revenue | US$146.87 million |
| Parent | Kader Industries |
| Website | Bachmann Trains |
Bachmann Industries (Bachmann Brothers, Inc.) is a Bermuda-registered, Chinese-owned company, globally headquartered in Hong Kong; specialising in model railroading.
Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the home of its North American headquarters, Bachmann is today part of the Kader group, whose model products are made at a Chinese Government joint-venture plant in Dongguan, China.[1] In the past, Bachmann specialised in entry level train sets. In 1988, the Spectrum line of high-quality, detailed models was introduced to cater to more experienced hobbyists. In the past few years, Bachmann has retooled most of its product line, increasing the quality of its standard line products and discontinuing most of the Spectrum line. Many of the Spectrum products have been slightly modified and are now sold as higher-quality standard line models. Bachmann produces models in HO scale, N scale (1:160 and 1:148), On30, 00 gauge, HOn30 (H0 scale on N tracks) and G scale. They also own the Williams line of tinplate O gauge trains and related products. The turnover for Bachmann model trains for the year ended 31 December 2006 was approximately $146.87 million, a slight increase of 3.36% as compared to 2005.[2]
- ^ "WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) – Bachmann Industries: World's largest seller of model trains in terms of volume". Worldkings - World Records Union. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ Kader Industrial Company Limited