News 20/2/09

Nuremberg: Trix not yet at the last stop.

German Text.

http://www.altmuehl-bote...394&kat=5&man=10

Märklin coworkers are afraid for their location - products let dream .

NUREMBERG - property two weeks is the failure of the model course manufacturer Märklin ago and with it its Nürnberger traditional brands Trix and LGB. On the play since then the last manufacturing plant of the industry stands in the city, which belonged once to its centers.

There is small masterpieces, which lie on the table before Renate Stauber. Click, click - in wind hurry the 56-Jährige Trix woman employee in the light of the neon tube with tweezers and speedy fingers installs tiny steps onto a steam locomotive housing. No job for Grobmotoriker. But the trouble is worth, because at the end it stands there: the S3/6 of the royally Bavarian state railway, for many fans the Schnellzuglokomotive absolutely. Naturally not in Originalgröße, but on a scale 1:160 - drive off ready for the employment in the model course. Stauber builds not only metal and plastic up, but wakes always also a dream.

Derailed market leader

59 coworkers still work on the Nürnberger Märklin location in the Witschelstraße. From here the market leader derailed steers its daughter marks Trix and LGB. In gloss times alone Trix counted 420 persons employed. Today the handful of the remaining settles above all desk jobs like the purchase for both marks, the products develops predominantly in Hungary and China. A looking assembly for Trix steam engines remained only - also straight times for four coworkers.

“As #146; s is to go to us “, asks Stauber rhetorically. A mixture from grind and fear swings also. A shock is the insolvency for it, which installs for 24 years for Trix, with the mark feels deformed. “The development does pain. “Delivered and powerless one feels.

“We believe in surviving”

Do not give up certainly is applicable for Stauber and their 58 colleagues. “We believe in our chance of survival “, say Bernd Sickinger, head of the works council at the location. Hope rests now particularly on insolvency administrator Michael Pluta, from which it has a good first impression. Its spokeswoman meanwhile does not want to speculate upon the perspectives of the Nürnberger of work rather. The documents were still examined.

Only with the head to vibrate Stauber can meanwhile in view of the always new details, which over the procedures with Märklin under the last chief partner before the insolvency - who British financial investor Kingsbridge - to the light come. They draw the picture of a chief partner, who excluded Märklin systematically. Thus the enterprise suffered for instance after information Financial Times Germany under expensive loans and horrenden payments for advisors, who stood in no relation to the conversion of last 128 millions €. “There the eyes “, explained also insolvency administrator Pluta water. Kingsbridge was not to be achieved yesterday for a statement.

Illusion of the sound world

“We want to work nevertheless only in peace “, say Stauber swearing to. The fact that she finds a new job at her age again does not believe her. Illusions over the difficult situation it does not make itself. A bitter time for, with its work the already so many fans the illusion of the sound world of the railway in the small model course made possible.

Thankyou Steven, overall it doesn't look good, both at Marklin and around the world. Bob

Sounds like something out of a thriller novel! Hush money, dubious deals, tax havens, cheating, federal agents! Sounds like it will take years to unravel!

And to think it is a MRR manufacturer we are talking about!

Guess they'll make a movie about it in 10 years time!

Well yes, we're talking about Investment Bankers who have done the dirty. But it's a MRR manufacturer at the heart of the matter, that have had their 'guts' ripped out!

Nothing much has changed since my last post 19/02/09.
Brown paper bag money has been used.
Employees will be stood down, how many ?
The structure of Märklin is devided and complicated, although Märklin in Göppingen is insolvent, Hungary and Chinas productions are not.

Märklin Göppingen depends on these factories to have he products finished.
Adler toys is one company that holds the strings in Hungary.
Unless the German legal institution that covers company laws, can prove that the owner of Märklin is unfit to be a company director, it doesn't have the jurisdiction over such a finding in Hungary or China.
Unless it goes to the EU commision ? and this would cover Europe or countries that are part of the EU.

Hey David - didn't know you've got firing squads in NZ (still/again) ... [:0][}:)][:o)]

Seriously - again, if a government is willing they can do it. Just a stroke of the pen. That simple.
And in M's case it wouldn't cost 'em a cent. Since the stolen money is in the hands of the crooks [}:)]
As a (former) special prosecutor I know what I'm talking about.

Right, David - as far as I remember they poisoned/killed several people including some babies ... [:0][:(]
Those poor families ... And I must agree - the gangsters' end been quite final [}:)]

[xx(][xx(][xx(] ... ok - have to report for duty. Have a good night, BigDaddy

Good idea, there was the thread on K track rumours, maybe that should be resurrected!

Have you tried with glassfiber-brushes,Lutz...?
Remember here that C-rail is not the same as K-track has.
I have been thinking now,that Marklin will not problaby producing K-tracks anymore time.
Even some severals other products will been vanished from catalog.
I don´t take care of Marklin anymore time,when i have seen and are focus on other company who are producing very good strong products too...!
Sorry Marklin...

Goofy

I have read other topic in 'Marklin in danager', James.

Thanks for the news.

Bob - you're so right. With various scenarios possible we can't know about the outcoming ...
But it's my best guess the locos, cars and track will survive - even with different owners

It would be good cover to put someone of limited experience on the job of restructuring with the old plan in hand. It keeps the people busy while you loot away. Of course the simple explanation is that they didn't know what they were doing and "just tried stuff".

The problem is not Marklin company.
Instead it´s headmanager and closest staffpersonal faults who did controlled factory sh-t as the hell...!
Well i hope so that Marklin can survive in better way with new better people sitting at the top of Marklin company.

Goofy

Actually this is a good idea.. If Marklin used their website to ask their customers to nominate which of the possible models they would prefer to buy it could be a good indicator of potential sales.

It would not be hard or expensive to set up this either.. You just need a new database field in the existing product database named "prototype" and a way to collect the votes from customers.

All standard excuses, one to make out you had good intentions, the other to blame someone who no longer works for you.

Maybe next they'll try accusing someone else in a attempt to deflect the attention away from themselves.[V]

Confirm and confirm... I have read this in so many german news-spots, that I think it would be considered a fact already, that the plant closes. These news spots cites the Pluta office directly.
I only remember reading about 60 jobs though, and that it is still not decided if these people will be laid off or what.

You mean Trixcompany instead...?

Goofy

But you did wrote:Marklin factory in Nurnberg will been closed down...

Anyway,Trix shall move to Göppingen instead so factory at Nurnberg shall closed down.

Goofy