Custom plush mascots in series — since 1998
Stofftiere Lindner designs and manufactures custom mascots and plush toys for companies, brands and institutions. Design and project management are based in Austria; production takes place in our own factory in China, with no intermediaries. Since 1998 we have made more than 2 million mascots for over 3,000 clients.
Free prototype · production only after your approval · one dedicated contact
From design to series production
You provide a sketch, a logo or an idea. We develop the figure and produce it in series.
Design
The figure is developed to your brief, in your brand colours.
Free prototype
The sample is made in our own factory and sent to you for approval.
Production after approval
Series production starts only once you have approved the sample. From 1,000 units per design.
Inspection and shipping
Final inspection of every single unit. On request, photos from production and a control sample before shipping.
Design in Austria, production in our own factory
Austria — Klagenfurt
- Design and project management
- Your contact person throughout the project
- Founded in 1998 as a family business
China — Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province
- Own factory: YiYaBao Toys & Gifts Co., Ltd.
- Cutting, sewing, filling, final inspection and packing under one roof
- Hand-made samples in the same factory
The contracting party is the manufacturing company YiYaBao Toys & Gifts Co., Ltd. Your contact person in Europe is Wolfgang Lindner.
Tested to EN 71, inspected unit by unit
- CE marked and EN 71 compliant
- Test report by ACT Testing Technology Co., Ltd. (Guangzhou): EN 71-1, -2, -3 and -9 and DIN 53160-1 and -2 passed. The full report is available on request.
- Final inspection of every single unit
- Production against an approved reference sample and tolerances in millimetres
- Photos from ongoing production and a control sample before shipping
Materials and people
- Largely recycled materials
- FAIRPAY: fair wages in our own factory
- No child labour and no forced labour (manufacturer's certificate)
- Family business since 1998
The people behind your mascots
Good mascots are made where people enjoy their work. These photos show the team at the factory in Yangzhou during production and inspection, and how the factory puts responsibility into practice: with a dedicated flat for an employee's family and a field where staff grow rice and vegetables for their own families.
Women-led: the management team at the factory gate 
Staff in front of the office building 
Careful handwork at the sewing station 
A series is finished: the team shows the result 
Final inspection as a team 
Individual inspection: every piece is checked by hand 
Checked piece by piece before packing 
The logistics team in the shipping hall 
A flat at the factory for four generations: the forewoman and her daughter work in the factory, the great-grandmother looks after the great-grandchild and advises the team. 
A field for the staff: employees grow rice and vegetables for their families here, free of charge. 
Sharing a meal with the team 
A long-standing partnership: Wolfgang Lindner with the team, 2015 
Wolfgang Lindner in the factory's sample room
What the factory confirms in writing
In its own certificate dated September 2026, the factory Yangzhou Yiyabao Toys & Gifts Co., Ltd. confirms four principles of its production. The factory issues the certificate on its own responsibility.
Child safety
Made to EN 71 and the EU Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC, CE marked. A declaration of conformity is issued for every product; laboratory reports are available on request.
Fair wages
All employees are paid at least the statutory minimum wage. Fair pay has been practised since the factory was founded.
Human rights
No child labour and no forced labour. Human rights are respected throughout the factory.
Transparency
Audits and factory visits by clients or their appointed auditors are possible by arrangement. Suppliers of fabric and filling are disclosed on request.
Request the original with the company stamp
We will send you the certificate bearing the company stamp of the factory, in English and Chinese, on request.
Or email us directly: office@stofftiere.cc
A selection from more than 3,000 projects
- Youth Olympic Games: official mascots for Innsbruck 2012, Lillehammer 2016 and Lausanne 2020
- Edelweiss Air: 50,000 marmots in three batches
- MILKA: over ten years, twice a year 70,000 to 120,000 units
- FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013: official mascot Hopsi, Schladming
- Others: Sparefroh (Austrian savings banks), Allianz Global Assistance, Intersport, ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways)
Delivery and logistics
- Countries: DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), EU, worldwide on request
- Within the EU: FOB (goods loaded on board at the port of shipment), DAP (delivered, duty unpaid) or DDP (delivered, duty paid)
- Switzerland: DAP, customs clearance is automated
- Call-off orders: Interim storage at the factory, goods are called off in partial deliveries
Your contact person
Wolfgang Lindner
Co-founder and European contact, YiYaBao Toys & Gifts
Klagenfurt, Austria
