Eberhard Faber

Eberhard Faber

Eberhard Faber GmbH was founded in 1922 in Neumarkt, near Nuremberg, Germany, as a pencil factory. It was taken over in 1978 by Staedtler, a stationery company with global presence.

Eberhard Faber is a brand of pencils. Eberhard Faber's popular US writing pencil operations were acquired by Faber-Castell USA in 1994 before being bought by Newell (Sanford) and eventually rolled into the Paper Mate brand [http://timberlines.blogspot.com/2005/08/mongolized.html] .

Currently, Eberhard Faber also produces FIMO, Efaplast and Aquasoft modelling clay, which are products used in the Hobby & Crafts market, in kindergartens, schools and by artists.

Count Anton Wolfgang von Faber-Castell had his pencil durability test published in The Economist magazine for the March 3rd 2007 issue. In this test he threw 144 pencils from the 30 meter tower of his Schloss and not one broke. The Count boasts lesser pencils will break but his graphite is very tightly bound to its pinewood sleeve.

See also

* Faber-Castell

External links

* [http://www.eberhardfaber.com/home_eberhardfaber_com.EBERHARDFABER?ActiveID=16811 English version of the company's web homepage]


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