Manufacture of pedagogical wooden toys from native woods in small craft-series production in the Wendland
Decor-Spielzeug e. K.
Bergen (Nienbergen), Lower SaxonyNew on Amplifa
About Decor-Spielzeug
Decor-Spielzeug e. K. manufactures pedagogical wooden toys, predominantly the so-called Waldorf toys developed in the 1920s in craft lessons at Waldorf schools. Production is carried out in an artisanal, craft-based manner in the company's own workshop in Bergen (district of Nienbergen) in the Wendland. Only native woods are processed; surface treatment is applied depending on the product using hot wax, oils or wood glazes, for example from Biofa. The company places value on ecological processing and sensible reuse of residual materials. All items are manufactured in accordance with the European CE standard. Since its founding in 1957 in Kassel, the company has been operated in the third family generation and employs five staff at the Bergen site who are responsible for production, sales and the coordination of suppliers.
- Site
- Bergen
- Processes
- Manufacture of wooden toys (artisanal, craft-based production), Surface treatment with hot wax, Surface treatment with oils, Surface treatment with wood glazes (e.g. Biofa), Manufacture of wooden toys (pedagogical, Waldorf toys), Surface treatment with hot wax, oils and wood glazes
- Materials
- Native woods, Hot wax, oils, wood glazes
- Certificates
- CE standard (toys)
- Founded
- 1957
- Employees
- 5
- Industries
- Toys
- 01
Craft-based manufacturing from native woods
- 02
Surface treatment (hot wax, oils, wood glazes)
- 03
Assembly
- 04
Sales
Materials and Surfaces
Native woods
Only native woods with ecological processing and sensible reuse of residual materials.
Hot wax, oils, wood glazes
Surface treatment used depending on the product, e.g. with products from Biofa.
Site
Bergen (Nienbergen)
DEProduction, Sales, Administration
- Lot size
- Small series (craft-based production)
- Materials
- Native woods
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of wooden toys (artisanal, craft-based production)Assembly | – | – | – | – | native woods |
| Surface treatment with hot waxSurface | – | – | – | – | wood |
| Surface treatment with oilsSurface | – | – | – | – | wood |
| Surface treatment with wood glazes (e.g. Biofa)Surface | – | – | – | – | wood |
Additional services
Quality
All items are manufactured in accordance with the European CE standard.
| Evidence | Bergen (Nienbergen) |
|---|---|
| CE standard (toys) |
History
- 1957
Founded by Eberhard Schmidt in Kassel as a licensed company of the firm Decor in Dornach (Switzerland); first "workshop for the disabled" in and around Kassel
- 1964
Relocation to a larger site on the edge of Kassel's city centre
- 1999
Taken over by Franziska and Wolfram Heyl
- 2010
Relocation to Wickersdorf in the Thuringian Forest
- 2016
Relocation to the Wendland (Bergen, Nienbergen); production once again in the company's own workshop on site