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Faber-Castell

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Faber-Castell AG is one of the world's largest and oldest manufacturers of pens, pencils, and other office supplies (for example, staplers, slide rules, erasers, rulers).[1] and art supplies,[2] They also make high-end writing instruments and luxury leather goods.

Business

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Faber-Castell's headquarters is in Stein, Germany. It has 14 factories and 20 sales units throughout the world. The Faber-Castell Group has about 8,000 employees. They do business in more than 120 countries.[3] The House of Faber-Castell is the family which founded the company. They continue to lead the corporation. They make about 2 billion pencils in more than 120 different colors every year.[4]

References

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  1. Faber-Castell International. Office Products Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Faber-Castell International. Products for FineArts and FineWriting Archived 2009-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Faber-Castell International: Facts & Figures". faber-castell.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  4. "Inside the oldest pencil company in the world". CNN. Retrieved February 18, 2019.