 The company was called "KVZ" from 1958-1969, "MPKAB" from 1969-1973, "VEB Plasticart Zschopau" from 1973-1989 and "Mastermodell GmbH" from 1989-1991.After a two-years break the company was sold in 1993 by the German Treuhand (an organization which privatized state owned enterprises of the GDR) to Manfred Wader.It is today called "Plasticart".