Société Anonyme de Fabrication d'Injection et de Recherches (, mostly known for its acronym Safir,[1] sometimes called Safir Champion) was a French manufacturing company that produced diecast metal classic veteran and contemporary plastic race cars and other vehicles in the 1960s through the 1970s. It arose out of the previous French toymaker, "Jadali".
History
In 1952, a French company called Jadali was started by Léon Gouttman and his son Jacques-Henri Gouttman. 'Jadali' was an acronym of "Jacques, Daniel, and Linette, the names of Gouttman's three children. Jadali made a variety of toys, including cars and trucks, space man, and cowboy pistols that were often D.C.M.T. (Lone Star Toys) or Matchbox retoolings, done under license.[2][3] These toys were first made in Nanterre on the western edge of Paris and later in Issy les Moulineaux, to the southwest of Paris. Another source says they were made in Montreuil.[4]