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 ...

Professional artists spend hundreds of dollars collecting high-end colored pencils because of the thoughtful precision with ...

Have you ever wondered how your everyday pencil is made? In this video, take a rare look inside the Faber-Castell factory, one of the world’s most iconic pencil manufacturers, to see how ...

In this fascinating behind-the-scenes video, we take you inside one of the most iconic pencil manufacturing processes in the world. Discover how Faber-Castell combines natural wood, precision ...

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 ...

For contrasting small details, Krusch likes another Faber-Castell pencil — the Clutch — with 0.5-mm lead (artist and licensed art therapist Margot Werner is also a fan of the Faber Castell ...

The Faber-Castell Grip 2001 Graphite EcoPencil is coated in a matte-silver paint, which contrasts nicely with the pencil’s black details. Its wood type isn’t listed, and it has a rougher look ...

Faber-Castell is the world's oldest and largest manufacturer of wood-cased pencils and the company is marking its 250th Anniversary with this Limited Edition Wood Case set.

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.

Two rival pencil firms based in a small German town illustrate how privately-owned companies use innovation to prosper.