page_title: PIKO
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: PIKO / History
caption_attribution_description: International Toy Fair Nürnberg,Messestand,Piko,Spielwarenmesse
context_page_description: Piko is a German model train brand in Europe that also exports to the United States and other parts of the world.
context_section_description: Founded in 1949, PIKO was once a state-owned enterprise in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), supplying a share of model trains in Eastern Europe.  In 1992, after the reunification of Germany, the company was purchased by PIKO Spielwaren GmbH.  PIKO Spielwaren GmbH was founded in April 1992 by Dr. René F. Wilfer, PIKO’s President, who had been working in the toy industry since 1986 and had previously managed a model building company.
caption: Piko at the International Toy Fair Nuremberg 2016
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