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Godtfred decided that the plastic line was strong enough by this time to abandon the production of wooden toys. As a result, Godtfred's brothers Gerhardt (then head of wooden toys) and Karl Georg left the Lego company and began a separate company called "Bilofix." By the end of the year, the Lego Group was employing more than 500 people. [15]
Lego (/ ˈ l ɛ ɡ oʊ / ⓘ, LEG-oh; Danish:; [1] stylised as LEGO) is a line of plastic construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. Lego consists of variously coloured interlocking plastic bricks made of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) that accompany an array of gears , figurines ...
The Lego Group (also known as Lego System A/S or formally Lego A/S) [5] is a Danish construction toy production company based in Billund, Denmark. [6] It manufactures Lego -branded toys, consisting mostly of interlocking plastic bricks.
The Lego brick design is improved to allow better versatility and "locking" ability. Ole Kirk Christiansen dies; Godtfred inherits leadership of the Lego Company. The Workshop burnt down the third time. The Lego company patents the stud-and-tube coupling system. This new system makes models much more stable. Sloping roof tile bricks are featured.
Ole Kirk Christiansen (born Ole Kirk Kristiansen; [a] 7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958) was a Danish carpenter. In 1932, he founded the construction toy company Lego, later known as The Lego Group.
Lego is about more than just kids’ toys—adults are proving lucrative for the Danish company’s $9.7 billion in sales Prarthana Prakash April 15, 2024 at 7:36 AM
The authors attribute the company's rescue to the efforts of new CEO, Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, who cut costs (by, among others, reducing the number of bricks produced), engaged with the Lego fandom community, and refocused the company's efforts on its core business (design and marketing of interlocking plastic bricks) rather than side activities ...
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