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The BIC Cristal (stylised as BiC Cristal and also known as the Bic Biro) is an inexpensive, disposable ballpoint pen mass-produced and sold by Société Bic of Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France. [1] It was introduced in 1950 and is the best-selling pen in the world, with the 100 billionth sold in September 2006.
Pens with ball diameters as small as 0.18 mm have been made by Japanese companies, but are extremely rare. The inexpensive, disposable Bic Cristal (also simply "Bic pen" or "Biro") is reportedly the most widely sold pen in the world. [29] [36] It was the Bic company's first product and is still synonymous with the company name.
In 1969, Bic launched its advertising campaign in the United States. A year later, the four-color Bic was launched. The four-color pen allowed one to change the ink color without changing the pen. [13] Bic's ability to mass produce the manufacturing of their pens resulted in low prices. [14] The Conté company was acquired by BIC in 1979. [15]
Why Bic, the maker of ballpoint pens and shaving sticks, identifies as a tech-forward company. Phil Wahba. June 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM. Courtesy of Bic.
Marcel Bich bought the patent for the ballpoint pen [5] for US$2 million from Hungarian László Bíró who had been producing such pens since 1943 in Argentina. Using Swiss watchmaking tools, he devised a manufacturing process that produced stainless-steel balls for the tip of the pen, [ 4 ] and the Bic Cristal ballpoint pen became his first ...
Business Insider points out that between 2000 and 2010, there were more than 10,000 reported cases of people swallowed parts of pens or pencils. Show comments Advertisement
BIC Art Master competition, a competition for African ballpoint pen artists, has been held by the company since 2017. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] Pilot Guatemala used the ballpoint artwork of Nathan Lorenzana on the back cover of a 2013 products catalogue, and Pilot Japan in 2015 used the ballpoint illustrations of Asuka Satow to decorate stationery products ...
"Reynolds Rocket" pen was introduced at Gimbel’s department store in New York City, selling $100,000 worth of pens on the first day. [2] Demand in 1945 was running 30,000 pens per day, making it America's #1 ballpoint pen. [3] However, within three years the price of the pen went from $12.50 to 50¢.