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Faber-Castell is a German family-owned stationery and art-supplies manufacturer founded in 1761 in Stein, Bavaria, and still controlled by the ninth generation of the von Faber-Castell family. The company produces roughly two billion pencils annually alongside pens, markers, paints, and luxury writing instruments, employing about 6,500 people worldwide. Core product development is centred in Stein, Germany, with an additional R&D office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Manufacturing spans eleven countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa, with the historic Stein plant handling premium pencil lines and regional plants covering school, office, and cosmetic product families.

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STABILO is a German stationery brand making pens, markers, highlighters, pencils and digital writing tools, owned by the Schwan-STABILO Group under the Schwanhäußer Industrie Holding in Heroldsberg near Nuremberg. The family-controlled company develops its products in Germany and manufactures its pens in its own plants in Germany, the Czech Republic and Malaysia, selling in more than 180 countries.

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herlitz is a German stationery brand offering school and office products such as notebooks, pens, school bags, folders and coloring and painting supplies, sold under trend-driven designs. The brand is owned by the Pelikan Group GmbH, based in Falkensee near Berlin, and is now part of the French Hamelin group. Product development and marketing run from Germany, while paper-based products are manufactured in Poland (Poznań) and, historically, in Germany (Falkensee).

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Maped is a French family-owned stationery brand founded in 1947 in Annecy, now led by the Lacroix family. It designs and manufactures school, writing and office supplies — from compasses and scissors to erasers, pencil sharpeners, pens and craft kits — under its Maped, Maped Office, Maped Creativ, Joustra, Helit and Helix brands. All product design is done in-house at the French headquarters, while roughly 60% of production runs through three integrated sites in France, China and Mexico, with the remainder contracted closer to markets. The group employs around 1,800 people and sells in more than 120 countries through 17 subsidiaries.

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Pelikan is a German stationery brand founded in 1838 in Hanover, best known for fountain pens, rollerball and ballpoint pens, inks, and a broad range of school and office supplies. The brand is owned by Pelikan Group GmbH, headquartered in Falkensee near Berlin, and has been part of the French stationery group Groupe Hamelin since December 2023. Products are developed in Germany and manufactured at production sites in Germany, Mexico, Colombia and Poland, with writing instruments made in Peine/Vöhrum.

516 products

STAEDTLER is a German stationery and art-supplies maker founded in Nuremberg in 1835, one of the world's oldest producers of pencils and writing instruments. Owned by the non-profit Staedtler Foundation, the company is best known for its Mars, Noris, Lumocolor and FIMO brands, spanning pencils, markers, pens, modelling clay and technical drawing tools. It operates six manufacturing plants, four of them in Germany and one in Peru, with roughly two-thirds of its products made in Germany.

412 products

Trodat is an Austrian stamp manufacturer headquartered in Wels, Upper Austria, and a division of the TroGroup GmbH. Founded in 1912, the company is the world's largest maker of self-inking stamps, best known for the Printy, Professional and Pocket Printy lines, plus replacement pads, inks and embossing tools. Trodat is controlled by the Müller-Just family foundations (74.9%) together with Austria's IW Group (25.1%). Development and core production of its stamp portfolio take place at the Wels site, while regional subsidiaries in more than 15 countries handle sales and distribution across 150+ markets.

361 products

COLOP is an Austrian manufacturer of self-inking stamps, ribbon stamps, mobile printing devices, and arts-and-crafts marking products, founded in 1981 by Karl Skopek in Wels. The family-owned company is headquartered in Wels, Austria, and operates a second production facility in Borovany, Czech Republic, where ribbon stamps, self-inking stamps, and stamp pads are manufactured. With roughly 500 employees worldwide and an export rate above 98 percent, COLOP serves more than 120 markets through a network of subsidiaries across Europe, India, and the United States.

283 products

BIC is a French consumer-goods company founded in 1945 by Marcel Bich and headquartered in Clichy, France. It is a world leader in everyday essentials, best known for its Cristal ballpoint pens, M10 retractable pens, 4 Colours pens, disposable lighters and razors, and is present in more than 160 countries. The Bich family retains controlling ownership of the Euronext Paris-listed group. Product development is centred in France, while manufacturing runs across a global network of 24 plants in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and South America.

258 products

Rhodia is a French stationery brand best known for its iconic orange notepad, founded in 1923 by the Vérilhac brothers in Lyon. Since 1997 it has belonged to the Exacompta Clairefontaine group, which is controlled by the Nusse family. The brand's notebooks, notepads, diaries and writing instruments are designed and produced in France, in the group's factory near Mulhouse, using PEFC-certified paper, vegetable-based inks and vegetable glue.