1940s
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- 1942: A fire breaks out in the factory, forcing the company to rebuild.
- 1943: The company grows to 40 employees.
- 1947: Ole Kirk purchases the first plastic moulding machine in Denmark, and the company begins manufacturing plastic toys. The Christiansens are inspired by samples of the "Kiddicraft Self-Locking Building Brick", a design patented by the Briton Mr. Harry Fisher Page. December 27 - Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen is born.
- 1948: The company grows to 50 employees.
- 1949: Lego begins producing similar plastic bricks, calling them "Automatic Binding Bricks."
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