Gutzold is a model railroad company that was based in the former DDR. Their current offerings are equipped with Zimo decoders, with some models having Henning sound. Henning is a company which designed sound packages for selected model types. https://www.henning-modellbahn.de/index.php
Those sound packages have been selected by Roco and other companies for use in some of their models and the sound files were integrated into decoders manufactured by Zimo. I do not know if Henning has also created sounds for other brands. AFAIK the majority of ESU and Maerklin decoders come with in-house sound. I think that Loc&More might have cooperated with Maerklin on at least one project, in addition to work they did with Roco/Zimo.

Loc&More: https://www.locandmore.eu/?lang=en
Memoba has their own LEO Sound Lab: https://www.memoba.at/de...s/leo/leo_sound_lab.html

I do not have any Gutzold models in my collection. I do know that in the 1970s, Gutzold was integrated into a state controlled VEB (Volkseigene Betrieb - People's Administered Company) and marketed alongside Piko (and as Piko post 1982). In the 1990s, Gutzold was privatized. I do not know if the Gutzold family was able to reclaim their business. Since 2010, the company underwent some financial restructuring and was involved in a few takeovers and either went through bankruptcy procedures or nearly avoided them in those takeovers.

Regards

Mike C

Mike, just another question.
Is Memboa a specialist shop that modifies models? The Leo sound and the 3 sample models are very interesting with great sound. Am I correct that it is their own? The site is all in German and way above my knowledge. Many interesting and different stuff on there.

Thanks

francisohg Thank you for the information.

I see that you live in Patagonia. When I was a kid one of the places that attracted my curiosity was Patagonia, always wanted to visit...maybe one day.

Thanks again

Ben