Coleco
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Coleco Industries, Inc. ( ) was an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as The Connecticut Leather Company. The name "COLECO" is an abbreviation derived from the company's original name. It was a successful toy company in the 1980s, mass-producing versions of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar dedicated consoles and ColecoVision. While the company ceased operations in 1988 as a result of bankruptcy, the Coleco brand was revived in 2005, and remains active to this day.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Coleco Industries, Inc.
- Company.logo
- Coleco logo.svg
- Company.image
- Coleco building Amsterdam New York.jpg
- Company.image_size
- 200px
- Company.image_caption
- The abandoned Coleco building in Amsterdam, New York
- Company.former_name
- The Connecticut Leather Company
- Company.fate
- Closed, properties sold
- Company.location
- West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
- Company.founder
- Maurice Greenberg
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Overview
- 1932: origins as The Connecticut Leather Company
- 1950s: leather diversification
- 1961: Coleco Industries, Inc.
- 1960s: acquisitions
- 1970s: financial difficulties and further diversification
- Late 1970s: handheld electronic games
- 1983: Cabbage Patch Kids
- 1988: bankruptcy and sale
- Brand
- See also
- References
- External links
[](http://www.coleco.com/)
[](http://www.coleco.com/#)
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