Giochi Preziosi
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| Company type | privately-ownedS.p.A. | ||||
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| Industry | Toys,Entertainment | ||||
| Founded | 1978 | ||||
| Founder | Enrico Preziosi | ||||
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| Revenue |  €403 million (2018) | ||||
 €90 million (2018) | |||||
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| Website | http://www.gruppopreziosi.it | ||||
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Giochi Preziosi S.p.A.also known asGruppo Giochi Preziosi(Giochi Preziosi Group) is an Italian company that producestoysand TV series based on their toys. They work in association withMarathon MediaandMondo TV.
Giochi Preziosi is the principal owner of theGormitiandDinofrozfranchises and license toys for other companies such asMarvel Comics,Power Rangers,Ben 10[2]andWinx Clubtoys. In 2006, they started to produce TV series based on their toys. The first series wasGormiti: The Lords of Nature Returns!.They have also produced video games based on the Gormiti TV series for theNintendo WiiandNintendo DS.
History
[edit]Giochi Preziosi sold 50% stake of a joint venture Prenatal Retail Group to its partnerArtsanain 2017.[3]In the same year, Enrico Preziosi, chairman of Giochi Preziosi, bought back the minority ownership of the company from a Chinese company Ocean Gold Global.[4] In 2011,Flairone of UK's top ten toy companies, was acquired becoming part of the group. Ocean Gold Global invested in Giochi Preziosi in 2014.[5]
Toys produced
[edit]- Winx Club
- Cicciobello
- Dinofroz
- Gormiti
- Huntik
- Puppy in My Pocket
Television series
[edit]- Gormiti: The Invincible Lords of Nature,Marathon MediaandCanal J(2008–2009)
- Gormiti: The Supreme Eclipse Era,Marathon Media and Canal J ( 2009–2010)
- Gormiti The Neorganic Evolution,Marathon Media and Canal J (2010–2011)
- The Land Before Time(2007–2008)
- Puppy in My Pocket: Adventures in Pocketville,Mondo TVand other production companies (2011–2012)
- Gormiti Nature Unleashed,Mondo TV(2012–present)
- Dinofroz,Mondo TV (2012–present)
- Idol x Warrior Miracle Tunes!,Boing(2018–present)
- Gormiti: The Legend Is Back(2018–2019)
Subsidiaries
[edit]- Flair Leisure Products
References
[edit]- ^"Bilancio Consolidato 2016"(PDF)(in Italian). Giochi Preziosi. 2017.Retrieved22 August2017.
- ^"Ben 10 goes free-to-air in the UK".RetrievedAug 29,2020.
- ^"Giochi Preziosi sells stake in retail business to joint venture partner Artsana".Toy News.24 July 2017.Retrieved21 August2017.
- ^"Giochi Preziosi liquida il socio cinese con 63 milioni".Milano Finanza(in Italian). 18 August 2017.Retrieved21 August2017.
- ^"Ocean Gold Global su Preziosi".Milano Finanza(in Italian). 18 August 2017.Retrieved5 September2014.
External links
[edit]- Official website(in English, Italian, French, German, Greek, and Spanish)
