ac industry art and luxury goods founded 1915 ; 101 years ago 1915 1 founder arnold schweitzer 1 headquarters geneva switzerland products writing instruments website www.carandache.ch caran d ache is a swiss manufacturer of school office art and luxury writing instruments . contents 1 history 2 gallery 3 notes and references 4 external links history edit the fabrique genevoise de crayons was founded in geneva in 1915 when arnold schweitzer purchased the ecridor pencil factory . in 1924 arnold schweitzer named his new company after caran d ache the nickname of the french satiric political cartoonist emmanuel poir who in turn took his name from karandash the russian word for pencil . 2 in 1929 carl schmid invented the fixpencil one of the first clutch pencils which has been trademarked by caran d ache . caran d ache launched its watercolour pencil prismalo in 1931 and its wax pastel neocolor in 1952 . in 1969 it created its emblematic office metal ballpoint pen 849 . in 2012 caran d ache changed distributors from letts filofax group ltd to victorinox ag . gallery edit tubes of acrylic paint coloured pencils coloured pencils caran d ache s bicolour pencil a luxury pen felt tip pens a type of mechanical pencil caran d ache s neopastel 12 colors oil pastels notes and references edit a b caran d ache history from official website . carandache.ch . retrieved 2011 11 01 . caran d ache la maison la maison histoire . carandache.ch . retrieved 2011 11 01 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to caran d ache company . official website caran d ache pen collections v t e fountain pen manufacturers by country australia curtis australia brazil crown canada andr juillet china baoer beifa hero jinhao croatia toz penkala czech republic koh i noor hardtmuth france bic cartier guy laroche herm s j. herbin jean pierre l pine maped pierre cardin r cife st dupont yves saint laurent germany diplomat faber castell garant graf von faber castell kaweco lamy montblanc online pelikan rotring schneider schwan stabilo senator staedtler india camlin chelpark luxor italy aurora columbus delta marlen montegrappa omas stipula visconti japan nakaya namiki ohto pentel pilot platinum sailor tombow uni ball zebra poland zenith portugal mab viarco russia krasin stamm spain inoxcrom sweden ballograf switzerland caran d ache turkey adel scrikss united kingdom ajoto conway stewart dunhill onoto twiss pens worcester pen company yard o led united states bexley broadwell sudios cross esterbrook eversharp krone paper mate parker sheaffer waterman wearever companies portal writing portal geneva portal this swiss corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title caran d % 27ache company & oldid 743593489 categories manufacturing companies of switzerlandfountain pen and ink manufacturerscompanies based in genevacompanies established in 19241924 establishments in switzerlandswiss brandsswiss company stubshidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidataofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediaall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages catal deutschfran aisitaliano nederlands portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 09 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view