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The Dixon Ticonderoga Company (/ t aɪ k ɒ n d ə ˈ r oʊ ɡ ə /) is an American manufacturer of office and art supplies based in Heathrow, Florida.A subsidiary of Italian-based F.I.L.A. SpA, the company offers a number of brands, with one of the most well-known being Ticonderoga: the yellow No. HB 2 pencil known for its distinctive green and yellow ferrule.
The wood traveled via train to Shelbyville, where workers would place it to be stacked and dried before being cut into pencil slats. Incense cedar soon became the standard species for high-quality pencils. [4] In the late 1950s to early 1960s, the furniture industry's demand for wood drove up the cost of lumber.
Derwent colour pencils have traditionally been sold in tins of 12, 24, 36 and 72 different colours. They are also available in a range of wooden presentation boxes or sets of six which are intended to be trial packs. Derwent's oldest line of colour pencils, Artist, were expanded from a range of 24 to 72 in 1939 and from 72 colours to 120 in 1996.
[4] In 1966, the Flair pen was released. The marker is a felt-tipped pen with quick–drying water–based ink. [5] In 1979, Paper Mate introduced the Eraser Mate or Erasermate brand. [6] In the 1980s, Paper Mate invented the Replay 2000 pen, with erasable ink and a rubber at one end.
It also began offering new products, such as a mechanical pencil, ballpoint pens, plastic slide rules (instead of wood), and an India ink drawing pen. [15] The Faber-Castell logo was changed in 1950 to an oval design, incorporating the Faber-Castell family crest and the green color which the company had been using since 1905.
Although Mitsubishi Pencil started as a wooden pencil manufacturer, the company is no longer specialized in that product, focusing on mechanical pencils instead. [16] Uni-ball's writing implements brands include Jetstream (hybrid-ink ballpoint pens); Air, Eye (marketed as Vision in the U.S.A.) rollerball pens, Signo (pigment ink gel pens); Onyx, Kuru Toga (mechanical pencils); [17] Paint ...
After an 1872 fire, operations moved to the Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, across the East River, [1] which was acquired by Staedtler, a stationery company with global presence, in 1978. This factory was acquired by Faber-Castell USA in 1994 before being bought by Newell and eventually rolled into the Paper Mate brand. [2]
DOMS Industries Limited (DIL) (stylized as DOMS) is an Indian stationery and art materials manufacturing company, headquartered in Valsad, Gujarat.Its products include wooden pencils, color and polymer pencils, mathematical and drawing instruments, wax crayons and oil pastels, stationery kits and combos, office supplies, hobby and craft supplies, and fine art products.