The ICM enterprise was founded in Kiev in June 1994. It produced molds for making plastic copies of military equipment, aircrafts, ships and figures of soldiers. The Ukraine was chosen because it had good manufacturing capabilities, professional staff of highly qualified workers, artists and sculptors, cheap raw materials, low salary and customs duties which was characteristic of that country in the mid-90s. Until 2000 the entire volume of output was produced in the Ukraine. From the first days it was oriented towards Europe (Germany, Czechia, Belgium, and the Netherlands), Japan and the USA. Since 1996 the ICM has annually participated in international game expos in Nuremberg (Germany) and Hong Kong (China). The production of the company ICM International Ltd. was exhibited and highly estimated at the shows in Leipzig (November 1997) and Nuremberg (1998, 2002). The model of the T-35 tank by ICM was named the model of the month in Japan (the Model Art magazine) and the model of the year in Russia (the M-Hobbi magazine). At the game expo in Nuremberg (1999) the model URAL 4320 got the gold medal. In 2000, again in Nuremberg, the MiG-3 aircraft became the model of the year. The ICM company has taken its place among such famous producers as Revell, Heller and Tamiya, and its trade mark has become known. 2001 saw the creation of the closed joint-stock company Alanger in Moscow. It was made to transfer the production from the Ukraine to Russia.