Formerly | A.W. Faber Company |
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Company type | Joint stock company (Aktiengesellschaft) |
Industry | Stationery |
Predecessor | None |
Founded | 1761 |
Founder | Kaspar Faber |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | |
Products | Art materials, Writing instruments |
Brands | Graf von Faber-Castell |
Revenue | € 649.2 million (2022/2023) |
Number of employees | 6,500 (2024) |
Website | faber-castell.com |
Faber-Castell AG is a German multinational manufacturer of pens, pencils, other office supplies (e.g., staplers, slide rules, erasers, rulers)[1] and art supplies,[2] as well as high-end writing instruments and luxury leather goods. Headquartered in Stein, Germany, it operates 14 factories and 20 sales units throughout the globe. The Faber-Castell Group employs a staff of approximately 6,500 and does business in more than 120 countries.[3] The House of Faber-Castell is the family which founded and continues to exercise leadership within the corporation. Faber-Castell manufactures about 2 billion pencils in more than 120 different colors every year.[4]