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Mebetoys was started by Ugo and Martino Besana in 1959 in Oleggio Castello, Italy. Their brother Mario Besana joined the company in 1967, one year after the company started. A diecast car line was started that same year, rather late compared to the entry of many other companies in the early-to-mid-1950s.
In 1959, the brothers Ugo and Martino Besana founded a toy company that their father, Giovanni Besana, named "Mebetoys" which stands for MEccanica BEsana TOYS. Mebetoys was located in Oleggio Castello, Novara , Italy (close to Milan ).
Meccanica Besana Toys, shortened to Mebetoys, was an Italian toy manufacturer. Founded in 1959 by the Besana brothers, Ugo and Martino, in Novara, Italy, Mebetoys started out making key chains, toy guns and toy irons and ironing boards. Their father, Giovanni, gave the company its name.
Sep 23, 2018 · The company was founded in 1974 as Martoys by three brothers: Mario, Ugo and Martino Besana. Martoys was doing well and was growing fast. Two years later, in 1976, it was renamed to Bburago.
According to the report on the previous owner's whereabouts on the Gran Toros website, Martino Besana had died around 1993. As of 2008, Mario was suffering from cancer, but Ugo was in good health. Ugo (then in his 80s) with his wife had founded the Vivien Company making toy irons and ironing boards - products similar to those made in ...
Sep 8, 2020 · Based in Italy, Mebetoys was founded in 1966 by Ugo and Martino Besana. In 1970, they issued a 1:66 scale sized Lotus F1 racer in their 'Jolly Series'. Around this same time they were purchased by Mattel with Hot Wheels branded castings, then being made in Hong Kong, were issued as 'Mebetoys Flying Colors' in picture boxes later that year.
Jul 15, 2019 · Bburago Production History. Bburago started out in 1974 as Martoys in Burago di Molgora, Italy. They were founded by Mario Besana. His brothers Ugo and Martino had peviously founded Mebetoy in 1960, which they subsequently sold to Mattel in 1968.
