Faber Castell Company Profile by CMR

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Faber-Castell. Company Basic Information, and Sales Area

	Item	Description
1	Company Name	Faber-Castell.
2	Website	www.faber-castell.com
3	Established Date	1761
4	Headquartered	Stein, Germany
5	Market Position/History	The company was founded in 1761 in Stein near Nuremberg. The company operates its business in the regions of North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. Faber-Castell spread its sales channel across 22 countries.
6	Sales Area	Worldwide
7	Manufacturing Location	Stein, Germany, and nine other production sites worldwide.
8	No. of Employees	~8,000
9	Competitors	Tombow, Jackson’s, Daler-Rowney, Pilot, and Chartpak
10	CEO	Stefan Leitz
11	Ownership Type	Private
12	Contact Address	2 Nuremberg Street, Stein, Bavaria, 90546, Germany Tel: +49 91199650

Business Segment/ Overview:

Faber-Castell. is a manufacturer of stationery materials such as writing materials, office supplies, art supplies, luxury leather goods, and high-end writing instruments. The company has its core competence in manufacturing high-quality products for writing, creative design, drawing, and decorative cosmetic products. The company has a production capacity of approximately more than 2,000 million wooden-cased pencils per year. Faber-Castell has a total of ~10 production sites worldwide.

The company established its sales agents in ~120 countries. The company provides several different stationery products such as graphite pencils, fountain pens, ballpoint pens, markers, crayons, colored pencils, and fine liner and ffibertip pens. The company has several product lines such as Polychromos artists' colour pencils, Albrecht Durer artists' watercolor pencils, Castell 9000, AMBITION, and e-motion.

Stationery Product Types Specification

Product	Product Description
Graphite Pencil	Graphite Pencil can be used for writing, drawing, and sketching It has break-resistant lead Degree of hardness: HB
Fountain pen	Barrel of the fountain pen is made of brushed stainless steel Cap and grip are made of chrome-plated polished metal Spring-loaded clip is made of chrome-plated polished metal The metal cap is detachable Good-quality stainless steel nib in width F (fine) It is equipped with a cartridge/converter system The pen is fitted with a converter Cartridges in different colors are available separately
Ballpoint Pen	Barrel of the fountain pen is made of stained pearwood End cap and tip are made of chrome-plated polished metal Spring-loaded clip is made of chrome-plated polished metal The pen is equipped with a twist mechanism It is fitted with a black large-capacity refill It has line width B
Colored Pencil	The colored pencils are good-quality acid-free pigments in bright colors, unsurpassed lightfastness The pencils have fully water-soluble lead The lead is 3.8 mm thick It has high break resistance Tin of 24
Watercolour Marker	The marker is a highly pigmented artists' marker with two tips It has water-based, water-soluble ink Due to its soft brush tip it can be used for all-over color and dynamic sketches It has a sturdy fiber tip for outlines, detailed drawings and precise lines Good watercolor effects on watercolor paper High lightfastness

Recent Developments:

Year

Latest News

April 2021

Faber-castell lowered its corporate carbon footprint

Faber-castell in April 2021, lowered its carbon emissions from the company's production sites. The company reduced CO2 emission by 26% compared to that of the previous year. The reduction in the carbon footprint became possible due to the 10,000 hectares of forests owned by the company. The reduction in carbon footprint assists the company to offer sustainable stationery items, which attracted the customer base in the market.

July 2020

Faber-castell Launched New Stationery Products

Faber-castell has introduced ten new products to its existing product portfolio, which includes products from graphics and art. The newly added products include gift sets, pencil rolls, new watercolor markers, wooden cases, and others. The addition of new stationery items, to its existing product portfolio, expanded its customer base, and leverage several opportunities for the growth of market.

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Profile Details

Author Nisha Deore
Published 15 Apr 2024
Last Updated 15 Apr 2024
Reading Time~5 minutes
CoverageSWOT, Financials, Key Employees, History

- 1.1 About Faber Castell
- 1.2 Key Facts
- 1.3 Key Employees
  - 1.3.1 Key Employee Biographies
- 1.4 History
- 1.5 Locations & Subsidiaries
  - 1.5.1 Head Office
  - 1.5.2 Other Locations & Subsidiaries
- 2.1 Company Overview
- 2.2 Business Segments
- 2.3 R&D Overview
- 2.4 Brands
- 2.5 Key Company Statistics
- 2.6 Key Financials (2015–2019)
- 2.7 Share Holder Analysis
- 2.8 Regional Presence
- 2.9 Services Offered
- 3.1 Strengths
- 3.2 Weaknesses
- 3.3 Opportunities
- 3.4 Threats
- 3.5 Key Competitors
- 4.1 Company Metrics
- 4.2 Key Investors
- 4.3 Recent Funding & Valuation
- 4.4 Historical Funding & Valuation
- 5.1 Acquisitions
- 5.2 Partnerships
- 6.1 Latest News & Announcements
- 6.2 Strategic Initiatives
- 7.1 Summary of Findings
- 7.2 Strategic Recommendations

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