Majora is a Portuguese

Portugal

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 toy manufacturer based in Porto

Porto

Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...

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History

Majora

Majora

Majora is a Portuguese toy manufacturer based in Porto. -History:Majora was founded in 1939 by Mário J. Oliveira. In 1967 today's factory in Oporto was built...

 was founded in 1939 by Mário J. Oliveira. In 1967 today's factory

Factory

A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...

 in Oporto was built. In that same year mass production by Majora

Majora

Majora is a Portuguese toy manufacturer based in Porto. -History:Majora was founded in 1939 by Mário J. Oliveira. In 1967 today's factory in Oporto was built...

 started improving and increasing in quantity.

The company produced various types of toys, in particular board game

Board game

A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...

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Products

Majora

Majora

Majora is a Portuguese toy manufacturer based in Porto. -History:Majora was founded in 1939 by Mário J. Oliveira. In 1967 today's factory in Oporto was built...

 makes over 300

300

Year 300 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Valerius...

 type of toys today and more than 1 million toys every year. It exports to various countries in Europe

Europe

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External links

(in Portuguese)

• Majora at Facebook
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