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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Casino, Collectibles, Games, Trading Cards, Packaging and Retail |
| Founded | Turnhout, Belgium (1970) |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 11 plants (2017)[1] |
Key people | Stefaan Merckx (CEO),[1] Istvan Lagaert (CFO) |
| Products | Board Games, Card Games, Collectible Card Games, Packages and Playing Cards |
| Revenue | €387 million (2016[1]) |
Number of employees | 2,200 (2017)[1] |
| Website | cartamundi |
Cartamundi Group is a company based in Turnhout, Belgium, that manufactures, produces, and sells board games, card games, collectible card games, packages, and playing cards through its manufacturing and sales subsidiaries. The name of the company in Latin means cards for the world.[1] It is one of the world's largest playing card manufacturers.
The company also maintains manufacturing facilities in Canvey Island (UK), Altenburg (Germany), Saint-Max (France), Kraków (Poland), Mumbai (India), Sōka (Japan), and Dallas (Texas, United States). In 2015, the company acquired Hasbro's board game factories in Waterford, Ireland now closing with the loss of 235 jobs by August 2023, and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.[2]
In the early-to-mid 1990s, Cartamundi produced collectible card games for other companies. Their Belgian factory printed early editions of Magic: The Gathering for Wizards of the Coast, and Decipher, Inc.'s Star Trek Customizable Card Game and Star Wars Customizable Card Game, and currently prints non-English language editions of Magic. English Magic sets are printed in Dallas.[3]
- ^ a b c d e f Kinney, Jim (July 14, 2015). "Hasbro to sell East Longmeadow plant to Belgian playing cards and games manufacturer". MassLive. The Republican. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ Acquisition of Hasbro facilities finalized Archived September 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Trading card games - Magic: the Gathering. Cartamundi.
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