Danner Manufacturing, Inc.

Ever since our modest beginnings, Danner Manufacturing, a family owned and operated business, has developed and produced innovative products for hobbyists and professionals alike. Eugene Danner Sr. started planting the seeds for Danner Manufacturing in 1934 while working in the cellar of his home on Seneca Avenue in the Ridgewood district of Brooklyn, New York. While holding a full-time job as a factory manager, Eugene found great pride creating the Danner business on his time off from his regular full-time job duties. Eugene’s first product was a small waterfall toy, which was used as a component in a toy sold by the world famous F•A•O Schwarz® toy store in New York City. Eugene Danner Sr. along with his children Eugene and Renate would travel from Brooklyn to Canal Street in New York City where they would purchase scrap metal for these waterfall toys. They would ride the New York City subways back and forth, hauling 50 pounds of metal on their backs.