type subsidiary industry stationery founded 1856 renamed berol in 1969 founder daniel berolzheimer defunct 2010 ; 6 years ago 2010 1 headquarters lichfield england products writing instruments art materials parent newell rubbermaid website berol.co.uk berol trade name berol by paper mate styled be rol is a british brand of stationery products currently commercialized by paper mate . the company based in lichfield england produced pencils pens and other items . berol is now a brand of imported products with uk manufacturing closed 2 since berol s purchase by sanford l.p. a division of the newell companies now known as newell rubbermaid in 1995 . contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit eagle pencil co. ad c. 1900 . the eagle pencil company was founded by bavarian immigrant daniel berolzheimer in 1856 opening a pencil shop in new york city and a factory in yonkers . in 1894 the company extended its business opening office warehouse and showrooms in london . 3 eagle pencil also opened a factory in tottenham that started operating towards the end of 1907 . the outbreak of the world war ii in 1939 saw the factory pause pencil manufacture and instead produce secret military equipment . pencil manufacture recommenced in 1946 . a series of post war corporate acquisitions meant that the eagle pencil name was no longer appropriate . in 1969 the company name was changed to berol the owning family s now shortened surname . 4 berol s head office remained at the tottenham factory until the need for extra production space led to a move to whetstone london . in june 1967 the company opened a purpose built factory on the hardwick industrial estate in king s lynn norfolk . the company s head office moved from whetstone to king s lynn in 1978 . in 1986 chairman kenneth berol announced the family s intention to sell the company as there was no sixth generation family successor . in 1987 berol was acquired by the empire pencil corporation of tennessee . 4 in february 1992 the company decided to close the tottenham factory and moved some production to king s lynn . 1995 saw the newell company acquire the berol corporation with berol being placed in its sanford division . 2003 saw the king s lynn factory close with 230 redundancies . 2 some production was transferred to the former parker pen factory in newhaven sussex but the factory was closed in 2010 . from then on all berol products are imported . 1 products edit berol s product lines include 5 art and crafts paints acrylics pastels oil pastels inks crayons adhesives mediums writing instruments pencils colouring pencils colouring pens markers sharpeners see also edit list of pen types brands and companies references edit a b parker pen newhaven closure plan revealed by ruth lumley the argus 16 jul 2009 a b jobs hope after king s lynn businessman buys berol site lynn news 10 feb 2014 emile albert berol 81 a pencil manufacturer the new york times obituaries 9 oct 1993 a b berol history on berol official site berol products external links edit berol official website eagle pencils vintage models that common pencil & the eagle pencil company by sterling picard retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title berol & oldid 704820304 categories newell rubbermaid brandscompanies established in 1856art materials brandswriting implementsbritish brands 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 languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 13 february 2016 at 20 15 . 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