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Vollmer GmbH & Co.KG or Vollmer is a German manufacturer of model buildings and accessories for use with model railroads.〔(Vollmer ) Guide to Scale (with Greenberg’s Guide to Märklin Z). Greenberg Publishing, 1990〕 The Vollmer Company was founded in 1946 by Wolfram K. Vollmer (1924–2010)〔(Wolfram Vollmer ) online.de/en/archive/christmas-2010 (Accessed 8 May 2011)〕〔(Wolfram Vollmer ) marklin-users.net (Accessed 8 May 2011)〕 and initially manufactured metal collar buttons. The German currency reform of June 1948 and subsequent economic growth led to a demand for plastic collar buttons and the company introduced plastic injection technology. Vollmer also began to develop plastic model railway accessories and presented a patented catenary system for HO scale model toy trains at the 1949 Nuremberg Toy Fair. By 1954, the company had begun production of HO-scale model houses.〔(History of the Vollmer Company ) vollmer-online.de/en/history.html (Accessed 8 May 2011)〕 Vollmer GmbH is based in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen and produces an extensive range of houses, model railway and industrial buildings, vehicles, catenary and general accessories in G, H0, TT, N and Z scales.〔(Vollmer Online ) vollmer-online.de/en/ (Accessed 8 May 2011)〕 In 2014, Susanne Vollmer, director of the company, announced that the company will stop production and shut down business during 2014. 〔Announcement of ending production http://vollmer-online.de/en/archive/anouncement_2014.html 〕 In summer 2014 Vollmer and Viessmann announced that Viessmann acquire the license in the brand Vollmer and that from September 2014 the Vollmer products will be available for the market. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vollmer (company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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