sigikid manufactures baby and children's fashion, toys and accessories such as musical toys, cuddly toys, comforters and baby play items.
H. Scharrer & Koch GmbH & Co. KG (sigikid)
Mistelbach · Sandersdorf-Brehna · Neumünster · Soltau · Wolfsburg · Ochtrup · Bad Münstereifel · Zweibrücken · Metzingen · Bad HersfeldNew on Amplifa
About sigikid
sigikid, H. Scharrer & Koch GmbH & Co. KG, is a family-owned company from Upper Franconia in Bavaria, headquartered in Mistelbach near Bayreuth. The company develops, tests, produces and sells products for babies and children up to around eight years of age: baby and children's fashion made of organic cotton, cuddly toys, comforters, musical toys, baby play items, backpacks, books, blankets and accessories such as tableware and drinking bottles made of rPET. The products feature functions such as musical movements, squeakers, rattles, teething rings, mirrors and crinkle foil; musical movements can be exchanged via safety zippers. Materials used include organic cotton, kapok, plastics such as ABS and nylon as well as rPET; musical movement housings contain steel and zinc. Distribution is via the company's own online shop with shipping to many European countries, its own outlet stores in Germany, specialist retailers and partner shops. The company employs around 200 staff.
- Site
- Mistelbach
- Processes
- Product personalization (e.g. name embroidery), Spare parts and single-item production/repair service, Free returns and exchange service (DE), Customer loyalty app with points system, Own online shop with shipping to many countries
- Materials
- Organic cotton, ABS, Nylon, Steel, Zinc, Plastic, Kapok, rPET
- Certificates
- Oeko-Tex® Standard 100, Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 (cotton fabrics of the fashion)
- Founded
- 1968
- Employees
- around 200
- Industries
- Toys, Baby and children's fashion, Baby/child equipment and accessories
- 01
Product development and design
- 02
Procurement (among others organic cotton from qualified suppliers, printing
- 03
Production and assembly
- 04
Testing and certification (Oeko-Tex® Standard 100)
- 05
Warehousing and shipping
- 06
Distribution via online shop, own stores and specialist retail
Materials
Organic cotton
Used for the baby and children's fashion; the cotton fabrics are certified according to Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 and free of pesticides, herbicides and artificial fertilizers.
ABS
Material for housings and handles of the musical movements.
Nylon
Used for the cords of the musical toys.
Steel
Component of the internal mechanism of the musical toys.
Zinc
Component of the internal mechanism of the musical toys.
rPET
Recycled plastic for cups, plates, bowls, lunch boxes and drinking bottles.
Kapok
Natural fiber, used among other things in musical toys of the Natural Friends line in combination with cotton.
Locations
Mistelbach
DEHeadquarters, production and distribution, outlet store
Sandersdorf-Brehna
DEOutlet store (Halle/Leipzig)
Neumünster
DEOutlet store
Soltau
DEOutlet store
Wolfsburg
DEOutlet store
Ochtrup
DEOutlet store
Bad Münstereifel
DEOutlet store
Zweibrücken
DEOutlet store
Metzingen
DEOutlet store
Bad Hersfeld
DEPartner shop (Eulenspiegel)
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Quality & Certification
All cotton fabrics of the baby and children's fashion are certified with Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 for the Textiles Vertrauen label. Personalized items are manufactured according to the specifications in the order.
| Evidence | Mistelbach |
|---|---|
| Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 (cotton fabrics of the fashion) |
Company History
- 1856
Heinrich Scharrer opens a branch of his Nuremberg trading business for glass beads, mirrors and toys in Bayreuth; Christian Koch later joins (H. Scharrer & Koch).
- 1968
Taken over by Sigrid and Josef Gottstein; founding of the sigikid brand (children's clothing, first toys).
- 1972
Production relocated to Mistelbach.
- Mitte 1990er
Market leadership in vinyl and porcelain artist dolls.
- 1998
Axel and Eva Gottstein take over management in the fourth generation.