Rochdale toy firm placed into administration
Date published: 19 July 2010
Martin Yaffe International, the family-owned toy distributor based in Rochdale, has been placed into administration.
Administrators at Manchester-based Leonard Curtis have been appointed.
The company was set up in 1987 and was run by managing director Ronnie Yaffe.
The firm manufactured and supplied a range of character licensed toy products, featuring popular children's characters such as Bob the Builder, Thomas & Friends, Waybuloo and Dora the Explorer.
It produced, manufactured and distributed the toys for retail chains such as Argos, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda.
A spokesperson for Martin Yaffe or Leonard Curtis were unavailable for comment at the time of publication.
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