& co. type private industry stationery founded 1856 ; 160 years ago 1856 in birmingham england 1 founder diedrich leonardt 1 headquarters highley shropshire england area served worldwide products corner parts dip and fountain nibs ballpoint pens mechanical pencils website leonardt.com d. leonardt & co. is a company that manufactures metal components such as corners for stationery products and writing instruments that include dip and fountain nibs ballpoint pens holders and mechanical pencils . 2 leonardt is one of the oldest manufacturers of dip pens having produced them since its establishment in 1856 . 3 contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded in 1856 by diedrich leonardt to manufacture dip pens . after two large expansions led by leonardt in 1863 and 1867 d leonardt & co. developed large export market in south america and eastern europe and produced pens for the king of italy . the manufactured pens were considered to be of high quality and included their famous patent ballpoint pens 4 such as the automatic wonder pen a new type of fountain pen introduced in 1871 . 5 despite most manufacturers of nibs established in birmingham having since closed their factories 1 leonardt & co. is one of the few companies that have remained in the industry since its founding still producing pens along with joseph gillott s and william mitchell also expanding its range of products for the stationary market . citation needed products edit a vintage d. leonardt & co. eureka pens box . product lines by d. leonardt & co. are 6 category products corners leathergoods photograph albums menu covers pattern and carpet books binders portfolios pen parts fountain and dip nibs clips holders ballpoint pens mechanical pencils see also edit birmingham pen trade dip pen calligraphy references edit a b c more about the pen trade in birmingham archive 1 jul 2010 index summary at leonardt official web the company on leonardt website the manufacturers on the pen room website archive 18 feb 2012 penning an empire a brief history of d. leonardt & co. . lungsal . retrieved 11 january 2016 . products on leonardt website external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to d. leonardt & co. . official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title d. leonardt % 26 co. & oldid 707129607 categories companies established in 1856companies based in birmingham west midlandswriting implementspenshidden categories use dmy dates from september 2011all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2016commons category with local link same as on wikidata 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 add links this page was last modified on 27 february 2016 at 00 37 . 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