Uni-ball

Uni-ball
Product typeBallpoint pens
mechanical pencils
Marker pens
OwnerMitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.[1][2]
CountryJapan
Introduced1979; 45 years ago (1979) [3]
MarketsJapan, Europe
Registered as a trademark inUnited States (Serial #73615530) [1]
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Uni-ball (ユニボール, Yunibōru) (stylized as uni-ball) and Uni (ユニ, Yuni) are brands of pens and pencils,[1] made by the Mitsubishi Pencil Company Limited (三菱鉛筆株式会社, Mitsubishi Enpitsu Kabushiki Gaisha) of Japan. The brand was introduced in 1979 as a rollerball pen model, then expanding to the rest of Mitsubishi Pencil products.[3]

Mitsubishi Pencil Company distributes over 3,000 core products in over 100 countries through subsidiaries, such as Mitsubishi Pencil Company UK. Distribution in the United States, Canada and Mexico is by Uni-ball's North American Corporation in Wheaton, Illinois. In Germany they are sold by Faber-Castell, in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East by Hoshan Pan Gulf,[4] in India by Linc Pen and Plastics Limited (LPPL),[5][6] and in the Philippines by Lupel Corporation.[7] Despite its naming and the nearly identical logomarks, Mitsubishi Pencil Company is unrelated to the Mitsubishi Group,[8] and has never been a part of their keiretsu.[9] The logo itself is a family crest, or kamon.

  1. ^ a b c Uni-ball, trademark of the Mitsubishi Pencil Co. on Trademarkia
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference penguy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference vn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Hoshan Pan Gulf".
  5. ^ "Linc Pen & Plastics Limited".
  6. ^ "Uni-ball India".
  7. ^ "Lupel Corporation".
  8. ^ "About Mitsubishi". mitsubishi.com. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  9. ^ Vanderbilt, Tom (21 May 2015). "Letter of Recommendation: Uni-ball Signo UM-151". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 July 2019.