Pentel

Also known as Pentel Co. Ltd.

is a privately held Japanese manufacturing company of stationery products. The company name was derived from the trademark used for one of their first widely known products, a portmanteau of the English words painting and pastel, but has since been interpreted as a combination of the words pen and tell (as in telling a story). Pentel is also the inventor of non-permanent marker technology. Most Pentel products are manufactured in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Brazil, Mexico, and France.

Key facts

Company.name: Pentel Co., Ltd.
Company.former_name: Japan Stationery Co., Ltd. (1946–71)
Company.logo: Pentel logo.svg
Company.logo_size: 200
Company.image: Pentel (head office).jpg
Company.image_size: 200
Company.image_caption: Pentel headquarters in Tokyo, May 2006
Company.type: Private K.K.
Company.industry: Stationery (primary)
Company.founder: Yukio Horie()
Company.area_served: Worldwide
Company.key_people: Yu Wada (President and CEO)
Company.products: Writing implements, art materials, office products, electronic devices and production equipment
Company.num_employees: 773 (March 2012)
Company.parent: Plus Corporation
Company.location_city: Tokyo
Company.location_country: Japan