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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.
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.
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 ).
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 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.
Aug 1, 2014 · Bburago was founded by brothers Mario, Ugo, and Martino Besana in 1976. Hailing from the town of Burago in their native Italy, they combined the letter "B" of Burago with the initial "B" of their family surname to create Bburago.
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 ...
