Faber-Castell
Sign in to saveFaber-Castell AG is a German privately held multinational manufacturer of pens, pencils, other office supplies (e.g., staplers, slide rules, erasers, rulers) and art supplies, as well as high-end writing instruments and luxury leather goods. Headquartered in Stein, Bavaria, Germany, it operates 14 factories and 20 sales units throughout the globe.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Faber-Castell AG
- Company.former_names
- A. W. Faber Company
- Company.logo
- Faber-Castell.svg
- Company.image
- Stein_Faber-Castell.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Faber-Castell-Werk in Stein
- Company.type
- Private joint stock company (Aktiengesellschaft)
- Company.industry
- Stationery
- Company.founder
- Kaspar Faber
- Company.location_city
- Stein, Bavaria
- Company.location_country
- Germany
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.products
- Art materials, Writing instruments
- Company.subsid
- Eberhard Faber(1987–present)
- Company.brands
- Graf von Faber-Castell
- Company.num_employees
- 6,500 (2024)
- Company.revenue
- € 649.2 million (2022–23)
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Founding, family ownership, and early expansion (1761-1896)
- Securing global recognition
- The rise of "Castell" pencils and the jousting knights motif (1898-1908)
- World War I
- Great depression and World War II
- Products
- Manufacturing
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Faber-Castell AG is a German privately held multinational manufacturer of pens, pencils, other office supplies (e.g., staplers, slide rules, erasers, rulers) and art supplies, as well as high-end writing instruments and luxury leather goods. Headquartered in Stein, Bavaria, Germany, it operates 14 factories and 20 sales units throughout the globe.
The Faber-Castell Group employs a staff of approximately 6,500 and does business in more than 120 countries. The House of Faber-Castell is the family which founded and continues to exercise leadership within the corporation. Faber-Castell manufactures about 2 billion pencils in more than 120 different countries every year.