Company Profile: Owo
History in a Nutshell
OWO is an East German manufacturer with
scant available information. Established in the early 1960s, the parent company made wax flowers, and a toy division made models; their name
comes from VEB Olbernhauer Wachsblumenfabrik Olbernhau. OWO made structure kits in HO, TT and N Scales from wood and
cardstock; later they were injection-molded plastic. OWO became a part of an enormous conglomerate of manufacturers formed through the merger
of the GDR companies making up VEB VERO, which included Piko and TeMos; consequently, OWO kits were branded VERO beginning
around 1972.
N Scale Products
OWO landed in the N Scale market quite early with a fairly impressive assortment of kits.
Printed Matter
OWO catalogs are quite rare; I was able to scrounge up this page from a 1965 catalog.
