Faber-Castell

Faber-Castell AG
FormerlyA.W. Faber Company
Company typeJoint stock company (Aktiengesellschaft)
IndustryStationery
PredecessorNone
Founded1761; 263 years ago (1761)
FounderKaspar Faber
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Stefan Leitz (CEO)
  • Constantin Neubeck (CFO)
  • Simon Hauser (CTO)
  • Dirk Engehausen (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
ProductsArt materials, Writing instruments
BrandsGraf von Faber-Castell
Revenue 649.2 million (2022/2023)
Number of employees
6,500 (2024)
Websitefaber-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]

  1. ^ Faber-Castell International. Office Products Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Faber-Castell International. Products for FineArts and FineWriting Archived 2009-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Faber-Castell International: Facts & Figures". faber-castell.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Inside the oldest pencil company in the world". CNN. 31 October 2018. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2019.