I have posted this news in other forums too: Electrotren (the 1st. spanish model train manufacturer) has been bought by the english firm Hornby Hobbies.
That has caused a storm in a teapot in the spanish model world. Some are afraid that Hornby is more interested in the slot-car that in trains.
I have been following the Horizon-Hobbies/Athearn fuss there, in the USA, and this seems another similar takeover of a traditional, family-owned, industry by a "big-fish" business.
Here is the link to the takeover news in Hornby:
http://www.hornbyrailways.com/pages...?NewsItemID=331
According to Hornby, "This will provide a platform to increase our sales of slot racing products in Spain, spearheaded by our recently launched MotoGP range". Uh, Oh.
Electrotren was founded in 1951, and has remained since then under the ownership of the founding Gonzalez family.
For the RR.net friends that don't know Electrotren, they are also the manufacturer of the AmTrak Talgos cars that run in the US West Coast (imported in the USA by H/R, I think).
That has caused a storm in a teapot in the spanish model world. Some are afraid that Hornby is more interested in the slot-car that in trains.
I have been following the Horizon-Hobbies/Athearn fuss there, in the USA, and this seems another similar takeover of a traditional, family-owned, industry by a "big-fish" business.
Here is the link to the takeover news in Hornby:
http://www.hornbyrailways.com/pages...?NewsItemID=331
According to Hornby, "This will provide a platform to increase our sales of slot racing products in Spain, spearheaded by our recently launched MotoGP range". Uh, Oh.
Electrotren was founded in 1951, and has remained since then under the ownership of the founding Gonzalez family.
For the RR.net friends that don't know Electrotren, they are also the manufacturer of the AmTrak Talgos cars that run in the US West Coast (imported in the USA by H/R, I think).
