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 Former pencil factory in New York City | |
| Formerly | Eberhard Faber Pencil Company |
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| Company type | Private (1861–1978) Subsidiary (1978–) |
| Industry | Stationery |
| Founded | 1861 in Midtown Manhattan, United States |
| Founder | John Eberhard Faber |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Eberhard Faber Lothar Faber |
| Products | Pencils, colored pencils, pens, erasers |
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| Website | eberhardfaber.de |
Eberhard Faber Vertrieb GmbH is a German manufacturer of writing implements. headquartered in Bavaria. [2] The company was established as the "Eberhard Faber Pencil Company" by John Eberhard Faber in 1861 in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, by the East River at the foot of 42nd Street, on the present site of the United Nations Headquarters.
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After an 1872 fire, operations moved to the Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, across the East River, [3] which was acquired by Staedtler, a stationery company with global presence, in 1978. This factory was acquired by Faber-Castell USA in 1988 before Sanford L.P. acquired this division in 1994 and eventually rolled it into the Paper Mate brand. [4] [5]
Eberhard Faber had a lumber mill on Atsena Otie Key, near Cedar Key, Florida until it was destroyed following the 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane.
A German subsidiary was founded in 1922 in Neumarkt, near Nuremberg, Germany, by sons Eberhard and Lothar. [6] Staedtler later sold Eberhard Faber brand in Europe to Faber-Castell around 2009 and 2010 but retained the Neumarkt factory. [6] [7]
The company manufactured the original Blackwing 602 pencil [8] , an instrument that has achieved legendary status [9] among writers and animators. [10] [11] [12]
On October 18, 1994, Newell Brands acquired the Faber-Castell Company by $137.3 million. The acquisition included the "Eberhard Faber" brand name was merged to the Newell's Sanford division. [13] Faber-Castell reaquired the rights to the Eberhard Faber brand in 2010. [14]
