 In late 2012 German company "Reifra" has resumed production of the some former Plasticalt model kits.The "VEB" title was applied to a range of small semi-autonomous businesses in the GDR that made goods especially for export.The GDR needed to export as much as possible to earn foreign "hard" currency as its own "soft" Ostmark was not freely convertible and could only be obtained and used within the GDR.