Roco

Roco

Roco, based in Salzburg, Austria, is a manufacturer of model railway equipment, The company was founded in 1960 by Ing. Heinz Rössler and started with a plastic 'minitank' series. After export to the USA became successful, the model line was expanded with model trains in H0 scale and the smaller N scale. TT scale was also subsequently added to the product line. The model rail product line covers many European countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands, and also the USA.

On July 15, 2005 "ROCO Modellspielwaren GmbH" was declared bankrupt. From July 25 the company continues as "Modelleisenbahn GmbH", but still uses the Roco brand and associated logo.

On October 1, 2007, distribution of the 'Minitank' product series was assigned to the German model car manufacturer Herpa.

External links

* [http://www.roco.co.at/ Company website]


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