Pentel
Sign in to saveis a privately held Japanese manufacturing company of stationery products. The company name was derived from the trademark used for one of their first widely known products, a portmanteau of the English words painting and pastel, but has since been interpreted as a combination of the words pen and tell (as in telling a story). Pentel is also the inventor of non-permanent marker technology. Most Pentel products are manufactured in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Brazil, Mexico, and France.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Pentel Co., Ltd.
- Company.former_name
- Japan Stationery Co., Ltd. (1946–71)
- Company.logo
- Pentel logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 200
- Company.image
- Pentel (head office).jpg
- Company.image_size
- 200
- Company.image_caption
- Pentel headquarters in Tokyo, May 2006
- Company.type
- Private K.K.
- Company.industry
- Stationery (primary)
- Company.founder
- Yukio Horie()
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.key_people
- Yu Wada (President and CEO)
- Company.products
- Writing implements, art materials, office products, electronic devices and production equipment
- Company.num_employees
- 773 (March 2012)
- Company.parent
- Plus Corporation
- Company.location_city
- Tokyo
- Company.location_country
- Japan
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- Other products
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is a privately held Japanese manufacturing company of stationery products. The company name was derived from the trademark used for one of their first widely known products, a portmanteau of the English words painting and pastel, but has since been interpreted as a combination of the words pen and tell (as in telling a story). Pentel is also the inventor of non-permanent marker technology. Most Pentel products are manufactured in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Brazil, Mexico, and France.
The company is regarded as the inventor of the fibre-tipped (felt-tip) pen in 1963. Nowadays, Pentel produces a wide range of products that include writing implements, art materials and office goods.