Faber-Castell

Faber-Castell AG
	Faber-Castell-Werk in Stein
Formerly	A.W. Faber Company
Company type	Joint stock company (Aktiengesellschaft)
Industry	Stationery
Predecessor	Bleistift-Fabrik vorm. Johannes Faber
Founded	1761
Founder	Kaspar Faber
Headquarters	Stein, Bavaria, Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Stefan Leitz (CEO); Constantin Neubeck (CFO); Countess Mary von Faber-Castell;
Products	Art materials, Writing instruments
Brands	Graf von Faber-Castell
Revenue	€555 million (2020)
Number of employees	8,000 (2020)
Website	faber-castell.com

Faber-Castell AG is a German multinational manufacturer of pens, pencils, other office supplies (e.g., staplers, slide rules, erasers, rulers)^[1] and art supplies,^[2] as well as high-end writing instruments and luxury leather goods. Headquartered in Stein, Germany, it operates 14 factories and 20 sales units throughout the globe. The Faber-Castell Group employs a staff of approximately 8,000 and does business in more than 120 countries.^[3] The House of Faber-Castell is the family which founded and continues to exercise leadership within the corporation. Faber-Castell manufactures about 2 billion pencils in more than 120 different colors every year.^[4]

^ Faber-Castell International. Office Products Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ Faber-Castell International. Products for FineArts and FineWriting Archived 2009-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Faber-Castell International: Facts & Figures". faber-castell.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ "Inside the oldest pencil company in the world". CNN. 31 October 2018. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2019.

[office-1] Faber-Castell International. Office Products Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine

[arts-2] Faber-Castell International. Products for FineArts and FineWriting Archived 2009-12-15 at the Wayback Machine

[facts-3] "Faber-Castell International: Facts & Figures". faber-castell.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[CNN-4] "Inside the oldest pencil company in the world". CNN. 31 October 2018. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2019.

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