St. Louis Business Journal: Farmington manufacturer exports sculptures to Japan
Nakamura Manufacturing is probably NAMCO.A manufacturing plant in Farmington, Mo., recently exported 210 blue hippo sculptures to Nakamura Manufacturing Corp. in Japan slated for a kindergarten program...PP Farmington Little Tikes Commercial said the sculpture, which costs $649 each, contains scientific information about the animal inside or outside of the play sculpture. The hippo sculpture has the anatomy of a real hippo molded into its tongue where children will climb through and see how the hippo digests its food, the company said.
