The government has expressed its condolences on the passing away of Horst Brandstӓtter, owner of the Brandstӓtter Group, of which Playmobil Malta is a subsidiary. He died at the age of 81.

Playmobil Malta,which produces iconic plastic toy figures known to children worldwide, started operations in Malta in 1971 and employs around 1,000.

The Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Business, Chris Cardona, has expressed the condolences of the Maltese Government to the family of Horst Brandstӓtter and to all his employees in Malta and abroad.

 “Brandstӓtter has earned himself an important place in Maltese economic history and will be remembered for the trust and confidence he showed in Malta’s industrial competitiveness and growth potential,” he said.

 

 

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