Faber-Castell is a 255-year-old company that makes pencils. How does an established company like this think about innovation, particularly if and when to adopt a new technology? Harvard Business ...

According to Faber-Castell, “It is estimated that about 20,000 million black-lead and color pencils for all kinds of writing and drawing requirements are produced all over the world every year ...

Pen and pencil maker Faber-Castell’s earliest roots date to 1761, making it one of the oldest brand names associated with writing implements. But its now-famous hyphenated moniker came about ...

Author Plum Sykes is a devotee of the Perfect Pencil by Graf von Faber-Castell. She has owned it for years and has only had to replace the lead once.

Staedtler celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2010, while Faber-Castell will celebrate its 250th birthday in summer 2011. But despite this, the two companies have argued about which company can ...

In this video, take a rare look inside the Faber-Castell factory, one of the world’s most iconic pencil manufacturers, to see how millions of pencils are produced with German precision and ...

On the pencil's history and myths, ... Count Anton Wolfgang von Faber-Castell ILLUSTRATION: ... a step up from the English lead stuffed in European pencils.

In the 1850s, a Faber married into the Castell clan and they began to make pencils. You do not normally think of the two words, pencil and innovation, in the same sentence, but you would be wrong.

The core of this Faber-Castell pencil has a No. 2/HB grade and makes smooth, moderately dark marks that can be erased cleanly. ... One tester said this pencil’s “lead was too hard and sticky, ...

Staedtler celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2010, while Faber-Castell will celebrate its 250th birthday in summer 2011. But despite this, the two companies have argued about which company can ...