Robbe
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Robbe or Robbe Schluter is an international company specialising in kits for model aircraft, boats and cars.
The company was founded in 1924 by Robert Becker as a timber company. However, by 1945 Robert Becker's son Hubert started to produce modelling kits as well. This market was small at the time and the company can be seen as the pioneer of an emerging industry. In 1981 the company was taken over by the Schwarzhaupt group of Cologne, who marketed Robbe products throughout Europe. Despite claims that the quality of some Robbe products does not match their relatively high price, it remains a popular brand today.
Robbe remains little-known outside the modelling world. However, its influence on the history of this industry has been to increase the popularity of modelling beyond that of what many thought could be only a minor hobby.