Trefl S.A. is a

Sopot Sopot is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and has the status of the county, being the smallest ci ...

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-based family-owned

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board game Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a co ...

and

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manufacturing and distributing company, Poland's largest and one of the leading European jigsaw puzzle companies. The Trefl group includes also Studio Trefl, which produces animated television series, Wydawnictwo Trefl, which publishes

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, and Baltic Media Group, a media company which produces commercial and advertisement videos. The sporting division of Trefl includes

Trefl Sopot Trefl Sopot is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Sopot, Poland. The team plays in the Polish Tauron Basket Liga. The club was founded as the replacement of Prokom Asseco Sopot that left the city of Sopot for Gdynia in 2009. Histo ...

and Trefl Gdańsk, professional men's, respectively, basketball and volleyball teams. Trefl widely licences popular brands such as

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characters,

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and

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, to feature them on their products. Trefl was founded in 1985 by Kazimierz Wierzbicki, who began manufacturing jigsaw puzzles. In 1989, the company received a permit to export its products. Since 1991, Disney is Trefl's major licensing partner. The company started making 3D puzzles in 2004. In 1998, Trefl became the major shareholder of

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

-based game cards manufacturing company, today known as

Trefl Playing Card Company The Trefl Playing Card Company (Polish: ''Fabryka Kart Trefl-Kraków'') is a Polish manufacturer of playing cards, board games and commissioned games, operating since 1947. History The company was founded in 1926 as the ''Krakowska Fabryka Kart' ...

(''Fabryka Kart Trefl-Kraków''). Kazimierz Wierzbicki is an avid sports fan and former basketball, skiing and volleyball instructor. Thus, his company has a long-standing tradition of supporting local sports. In 1995, he founded one of Poland's leading and most-successful professional men's basketball teams, Trefl Sopot.

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