Cartamundi

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title: "Cartamundi" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["companies-based-in-antwerp-province", "playing-card-manufacturers", "trading-card-companies", "manufacturing-companies-established-in-1970", "1970-establishments-in-belgium", "belgian-brands"] description: "Belgian game publisher and package manufacturer" topic_path: "general/companies-based-in-antwerp-province" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartamundi" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Belgian game publisher and package manufacturer ::

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name	Cartamundi Group
logo	Cartamundi_logo.svg
logo_size	250px
type	Private
foundation	Turnhout, Belgium ()
location_city	Turnhout
location_country	Belgium
locations	12 plants (2024)
num_employees	2,972 (2022)
key_people	Stefaan Merckx (CEO),
Istvan Lagaert (CFO)
industry	Casino, Collectibles, Games, Trading Cards, Packaging and Retail
products	Board Games, Card Games, Collectible Card Games, Packages and Playing Cards
revenue	€648 million
revenue_year	2022
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| name = Cartamundi Group | logo = Cartamundi_logo.svg | logo_size = 250px | type = Private | foundation = Turnhout, Belgium () | location_city = Turnhout | location_country = Belgium | locations = 12 plants (2024) | num_employees = 2,972 (2022) | key_people = Stefaan Merckx (CEO), Istvan Lagaert (CFO) | industry = Casino, Collectibles, Games, Trading Cards, Packaging and Retail | products = Board Games, Card Games, Collectible Card Games, Packages and Playing Cards | revenue = €648 million | revenue_year = 2022 | operating_income = | income_year = | net_income = | net_income_year = | assets = | assets_year = | equity = | equity_year = | homepage = Cartamundi Group is a company based in Turnhout, Belgium, that manufactures, produces, and sells board games, card games, collectible card games, packages, and playing cards through its manufacturing and sales subsidiaries. The name of the company in Latin means cards for the world. It is one of the world's largest playing card manufacturers.

The company also maintains manufacturing facilities in Canvey Island (UK), Altenburg (Germany), Kraków (Poland), Mumbai (India), Sōka (Japan), and Dallas (Texas, United States). In 2015, the company acquired Hasbro's board game factories in Waterford, Ireland now closing with the loss of 235 jobs by August 2023, and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.

In the early-to-mid 1990s, Cartamundi produced collectible card games for other companies. Their Belgian factory printed early editions of Magic: The Gathering for Wizards of the Coast, and Decipher, Inc.'s Star Trek Customizable Card Game and Star Wars Customizable Card Game, and currently prints non-English language editions of Magic. English Magic sets are printed in Dallas.

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/2016_Nuernberger_Spielwarenmesse_-ASS_Altenburger-by_2eight-_8SC2804.jpg" caption="Cartamundi's booth at the 2016 [[Nuremberg International Toy Fair]]."] ::

The company was founded in 1970 as a joint venture among Biermans, Brepols, and Van Genechten.The history of these three companies dates back to 1765.

Cartamundi has established over a dozen international sales branches throughout the world since 1970; France in 1993, U.S. in 1994, the Netherlands and Sweden in 1999, Hungary in 2000, Singapore and Spain in 2002, Austria in 2005, Italy in 2010, and Turkey in 2011. The other branches were established through acquiring other companies. Cartamundi acquired AGMüller (Switzerland) in 1999, Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten (Germany) in 2000, Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg (Germany) in 2002, Games & Print Services, Ltd (U.K.) in 2003, Dertor (Poland) and Copag (Brazil) in 2005, Yaquinto Printing Company (U.S.) in 2007, 50% of Parksons Games & Sports (India) in 2010, Marigó (Spain) in 2011, France Cartes in 2014, Naipes Heraclio Fournier (Spain) and the United States Playing Card Company in 2019.

References

References

1. "Cartamundi - from heritage to the here and now".
2. "Website: Environment".
3. "The Good Neighbor Report".
4. (July 14, 2015). "Hasbro to sell East Longmeadow plant to Belgian playing cards and games manufacturer". The Republican.
5. [http://www.cartamundi.com/en/press/acquisition-hasbro-facilities-finalized Acquisition of Hasbro facilities finalized] {{webarchive. link. (September 15, 2015)
6. [http://cartamundi.com/en/cases/magic/ Trading card games - Magic: the Gathering]. Cartamundi.
7. Boelen, Carole. (7 July 2014). "Cartamundi reprend France Cartes".
8. [https://cartamundi.com/en/press/cartamundi-announces-closing-united-states-playing-card-company-uspc-aquisition/ Cartamundi Announces Closing of The United States Playing Card Company (USPC)] {{as written. Aq. uisition [sic] at Cartamundi. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
9. (December 31, 2019). "European firm acquires one of Greater Cincinnati's oldest companies". Cincinnati Business Courier.

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