Uni-ball

uni-ball and uni are brands of pens and pencils, made by the nihongo|Mitsubishi Pencil Company|三菱鉛筆株式会社|Mitsubishi Enpitsu Kabushiki Kaisha|tyo|7976 of Japan. The brand currently has several lines of pens including: Jetstream, Vision Elite, 207, and Power Tank RT.

Mitsubishi Pencil Company distributes products in over 100 countries through subsidiaries, such as Mitsubishi Pencil Company UK. Sanford distributes uni-ball in the United States and Canada. Despite its naming and the near identical logomarks, Mitsubishi Pencil Company is unrelated to the Mitsubishi Group, [cite web|title=About Mitsubishi|author=mitsubishi.com committee (Mitsubishi Group)|url=http://www.mitsubishi.com/e/group/about.html|pages=question Q10|accessdate=2008-02-03] and has never been a part of their zaibatsu.

Pens

*Uni-ball Signo Bit [http://www.mpuni.co.jp/product/category/ball_pen/signo_bit/index.html]
**Features - The Uni-ball Signo Bit 0.18 mm gel pen has a tip so thin, it can write words on a grain of rice. [cite web|title=Uni-ball Signo Bit UM-201 Pen - 0.18 mm |author=JetPens.com|pages=cf. image showing rice|url=http://www.jetpens.com/product_info.php/cPath/239_61/products_id/368|accessdate=2008-02-03] The pen is suitable for writing in between lines or in tiny margins.
**Point Size - 0.18, 0.28, or 0.38 millimeter
**Ink Color - black, blue, emerald, red, pink, violet, light blue, orange, rose pink, blue black, sky blue, mandarin orange, purple, or lime green

*Uni Alpha Gel (α-gel) [http://www.mpuni.co.jp/product/category/ball_pen/alpha_gel/index.html]
**Features - The gel in this pen's grip is famous for its ability to keep an egg from breaking when dropped from a five feet height. The grip feel of this pen is squishy and soft. Also sold as a mechanical pencil
**Point Size - 0.7 millimeter
**Ink Color - black
**Currently not sold in U.S. except in special stores in California and New York.
*** Maido, Westfield Shopping Center / Union Square San Francisco, San Francisco, CA ; Santana Row Shopping Center, San Jose, CA
*** Kinokoniya Books, Union Square, San Francisco, CA ; Strawberry Park (Saratoga & Blackford Ave) San Jose, CA ; Japantown, San Francisco, CA ; Byrant Park, New York, NY ; Rockefeller Center, New York, NY

*207 Premier
**Features - This pen contains special pigmented ink that does not wash easily. In addition, its gripping cushion was designed for maximum comfort.
**Point Size - 0.7 millimeter
**Ink Color - black

*Jetstream
**Features - This pen cointains ink that dries very quickly, nearly preventing smearing. It is also water resistant and is very smooth-writing
**Point Sizes - 1.0 millimeter and 0.7 millimeter
**Ink Colors - black, blue, and red

*207
**Features - This pen contains acid free ink, which is also fade- and water-resistant. In addition, the pens has a comfortable grip.
**Point Sizes - 0.5 millimeter, 0.7 millimeter
**Ink Colors - light blue, orange, green, pink, purple, red, blue, black

*Vision Elite
**Features - This pen will not leak in flight, due to special engineering that counteracts air pressure that occurs while in flight. This pen also has fade- and water-resistant ink.
**Point Sizes - 0.5 millimeter, 0.8 millimeter
**Ink Colors - black, blue, blue/black, green, orange, pink, purple, red

*Power Tank RT
**Features - This pen will write on wet surfaces, in cold temperatures, and upside down.
**Point Size - 0.7 millimeter, 1.0 millimeter
**Colors - black, blue, red

*Gel Impact
** Features - a smooth gel-based ink
**Point Size - 1.0 millimeter (bold), 0.7 millimeter (medium)
** Colors - black, blue, red

*ONYX
** Features - Smooth writing
**Point Size - 0.5 millimeter (micro)
** Colors - black, blue, red

*Clipturn
** Features - a 3 in 1 multi-function ball-point pen with a clip with a locking mechanism can be rotated for 360 degrees to be fasten in any direction including horizontally.
** Colors - 3 in 1 - black, red, pencil

*Laknock
** Features - Ball point pen with rubber grip
**Point Size - 0.5 millimeter (micro)
** Colors - black, blue, red

References

See also

*Sanford (writing products), the North American distributor for uni-ball

External links

* [http://uniball.com/home/index.html uni-ball.com] , global portal
*ja icon [http://www.mpuni.co.jp/ Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.] , Japan
* [http://www.uniball-na.com uni-ball North American Site] , USA
* [http://www.uniball.co.uk/ uni-ball UK site] , UK