company industry stationery founded 1761 ; 255 years ago 1761 founder kaspar faber headquarters stein middle franconia germany area served worldwide key people anton wolfgang graf von faber castell ceo harrison shore quinn chief creative officer products art materials writing instruments revenue 887 million 2005 number of employees 6 500 2006 website www.faber castell.com faber castell is one of the world s largest and oldest manufacturers 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 7 000 and does business in more than 100 countries . 3 the house of faber castell is the family which founded and continues to exercise leadership within the corporation . contents 1 offices 2 corporation 3 products 3.1 gallery 4 family 5 see also 6 references 7 external links offices edit there are about 14 manufacturing plants in 10 countries around the world which mainly manufactures writing instruments . 4 countries plant name year incorporated products manufactured costa rica neily 1996 wooden pencils & colour pencils peru lima 1965 ballpoint pens marker pens & fiber tips colombia bogota 1976 wax crayons & drawing accessories brazil prata 1989 nurseries for pine tress and sawmill india goa 1998 wax crayons text liners austria engelhartszell 1963 ink & text liners malaysia kuala lumpur 1978 research & development sales erasers productions china guangzhou 2000 sharpeners erasers and writing instruments from plastic material indonesia bekasi 1990 wood case colored pencils and graphite pencils germany stein 1761 research & development marketing & sales productions of premium writing instruments corporation edit geroldsgr n faber castell works this section needs expansion with corporate history from 1900 to today . you can help by adding to it . february 2015 founded in 1761 at stein near nuremberg by cabinet maker kaspar faber 1730 84 the enterprise has remained in the faber family for eight generations . 5 it opened branches in new york 1849 london 1851 paris 1855 and expanded to vienna 1872 and st. petersburg 1874 . 5 it opened a factory in geroldsgr n where slide rules were produced . it expanded internationally and launched new products under kaspar faber s ambitious great grandson lothar 1817 96 . 5 in 1900 after the marriage of lothar s granddaughter with a cadet of the counts of castell the a.w. castell enterprise took the name of faber castell and a new logo combining the faber motto since 1761 with the jousting knights of the castells coat of arms . 6 today the company operates 14 factories and 20 sales units with six in europe four in asia three in north america five in south america and one each in australia and new zealand . the faber castell group employs a staff of approximately 7 000 and does business in more than 100 countries . 3 products edit art grip color pencil faber castell is well known for its brand of pitt artist pens . the pens used by comic and manga artists such as adam hughes 7 emit an india ink that is both acid free and archival and comes in a variety of colors . the following chart contains all the faber castell product lines . 8 category products professional art and graphic pencils graphite and color pastels charcoals erasers sharpeners kids & school art and graphic pencils watercolors brushes markers crayons modeling dough oil pastels papers connector pens technical drawing mechanical pencils refills pens fountain pens ballpoint pens refills luxury pens fountain pens ballpoint pen from about 1880 to 1975 faber castell was also one of the world s major manufacturers of slide rules the best known of which was the 2 83n . gallery edit tri grip pencils with eraser caps and a sharpener . erasers . polychromos pencil line . 2 83n slide rule . poly mechanical pencil . pitt brush pens pastels and oil pastels . family edit the immensely wealthy lothar faber had been ennobled in 1861 and made baron von faber in the kingdom of bavaria in 1881 but 5 9 the sons of his only son wilhelm 1851 1893 by his wife bertha faber 1856 1940 daughter of lothar s younger brother eberhard 1822 1879 who had founded the new york branch of the company having died young a marriage for his granddaughter and heiress ottilie was arranged with a scion of one of germany s formerly ruling comital dynasties . yet in the conservative german empire of fin de si cle europe the marriage of a faber into a family of the high nobility was regarded as too bold a leap upward socially . a morganatic marriage would have been required and the faber pencil works could not have remained in the hands of their descendants because trafficking in commerce was still considered an act of social derogation among members of the hochadel . faber castle at stein near nuremberg to resolve this dilemma the chosen groom count alexander friedrich lothar von castell r denhausen 1866 1928 renounced his birth rank prior to the marriage . the castell family had been imperial counts in franconia known since the 11th century . when the holy roman empire was dissolved under pressure from napoleon i in 1806 the castell lands were annexed by the kingdom of bavaria . although deprived of sovereignty in 1815 the castells were mediatized their rank with the reigning dynasties of europe being formally recognized 10 and family would be granted the hereditary title of prince . 10 count alexander a younger son of the first prince married the pencil heiress baroness ottilie von faber 1877 1944 in 1898 . 10 he was granted the new hereditary title of count von faber castell by luitpold prince regent of bavaria for the descendants of their marriage . 10 11 although alexander and ottilie divorced in 1918 the faber business trust had transferred headship of the company to alexander 5 who even kept the fabers renovated palace at stein which would be commandeered to billet journalists during the nuremberg trials including ernest hemingway and john steinbeck . 12 in 1927 alexander resumed his original name for himself his second wife born a countess margit zedtwitz von moravan und duppau 1886 1973 and their son count radulf 1922 2004 . 11 his issue by the first marriage had never been considered dynasts of the house of castell but they inherited the vast faber fortune and continue to include castell in their name with the comital title . 11 alexander and ottilie s only son count roland lothar wolfgang christian ernst wilhelm von faber castell 1905 78 inherited headship of the faber castell companies from his parents . 5 by his second marriage in 1938 to katharina sprecher von bernegg 1917 94 roland was the father of the current head of the family count anton wolfgang lothar andreas von faber castell . anton wolfgang was born in bamberg 7 june 1941 was married briefly in las vegas on 16 june 1986 to carla mathilde lamesch mother of his only son count charles alexander von faber castell who was born in z rich 20 june 1980 and he wed secondly at stein on 12 december 1987 mary hogan b. 1951 by whom he has three daughters katharina and the twins sarah and victoria . 9 anton wolfgang s niece countess floria franziska von faber castell b. 1974 was married at kronberg on 17 may 2003 in a much publicised wedding attended by members of europe s reigning families to donatus hereditary prince of hesse a great grandson of king victor emmanuel iii of italy and a grand nephew of princess sophie of greece and denmark sister of the british prince consort philip duke of edinburgh . floria is a daughter of hubertus 1937 71 second son of roland . various branches of the faber castell family still flourish but in the past the faber and faber castell corporate holdings have usually passed to the eldest male of the patrilineage . 5 count anton wolfgang third of count roland s five sons 9 who led the company since 1978 died on january 21 2016 . 13 see also edit graf von faber castell references edit faber castell international . office products faber castell international . products for finearts and design a b faber castell international . the company facts & figures m ller nicole . the international faber castell production sites . faber castell . a b c d e f g faber castell international . the history of the faber castell company faber castell international . the company logo coulson steve . adam hughes anatomy of a sketch pt3 the tools youtube ; may 15 2006 ; accessed september 8 2010 faber castell products a b c at the sharp end . the economist . march 2007 . a b c d almanach de gotha . 1910 . perthes p. 107 109 120 1 . deuxi me partie . a b c huberty michel ; giraud alain ; magdelaine f. ; b. 1991 . l allemagne dynastique tome vi . france laballery . pp. 308 311 . isbn 2 901138 06 3 . faber castell international . the faber 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