Hornby PLC, through its subsidiaries, designs, develops, sources, and distributes hobby and interactive products in the United Kingdom, the United State, Spain, Italy, and rest of Europe. The company offers products under various categories, including playtrains, mystery boxes, hobby bundles, train sets, locomotives, train packs, wagons and wagon packs, coaches and coach packs, parts and spares, track pieces and extension packs, crossing, signal and accessory packs, traditional analogue control, digital command control, software products, building accessory packs, platform and bridges, people and animals, and paints and weathering powders. It sells its products through a network of retailers, wholesalers, and distributors, as well as website under the Hornby, Hornby Hobbies, Scalextric, Airfix, Arnold, Humbrol, Jouef, Lima, Rivarossi, Bassett-Lowke, Pocher, Corgi, Corgi Premiums, and Electrotren brands. Hornby PLC was founded in 1907 and is based in Margate, the United Kingdom.
