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| Company type | Aktiengesellschaft |
|---|---|
| Industry | Stationery |
| Founded | 28 April 1838 in Hanover[3] |
| Founder | Carl Hornemann[3] |
| Headquarters | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany[4] |
Key people | Loo Hooi Keat (President)[5] Ho Ming Hon (Vice-President)[5] |
| Products | Writing implements, art materials, office goods |
| Brands | |
| Revenue | 206,151,905.55 EUR (2015) [7] |
| Total equity | 76,212 [5] (2017) |
Number of employees | 1,854 (2015) [7] |
| Subsidiaries | Multiple (worldwide) [5] |
| Website | pelikan.com |
Pelikan Holding AG is a German manufacturing company of writing, office and art equipment. Credited with the invention of the differential-piston filling method, the original company was founded in Hanover in 1838 before it went bankrupt and restarted. Through a reverse takeover on 8 April 2005, Pelikan Holding AG is now an Aktiengesellschaft company (limited by shared ownership), part of the Pelikan Group GmbH.[6][8]
Nowadays, Pelikan manufactures a wide range of products including writing implements, art materials and office goods.[9]
- ^ Pelikan Holding AG on Pelikan global website, 24 Nov 2019
- ^ Eintrag im Handelsregister des Kantons Schwyz Archived 2009-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Pelikan history and timeline on Pelikan company website, 23 Nov 2019
- ^ Contact info on Pelikan website
- ^ a b c d 2018 Annual Report of Pelikan Holding AG
- ^ a b Pelikan Group, composition
- ^ a b Geschäftsbericht 2015 Pelikan Holding AG, Feusisberg
- ^ "A Short History of Pelikan". Niche Pens Ltd - Pelikan Pen Specialists. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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