Ohto
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is a Japanese manufacturing company of writing implements. The company was established in 1919 as a manufacturer of dyes and ink. In 1949, the company became a pen manufacturer after they manufactured the world's first ball point pen with a chrome ball. This was also Japan's first ballpoint pen.
Current products manufactured by Ohto are fountain, rollerball, and gel pens, their refills, and mechanical pencils.
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