Pentel | X-ON

Pentel Co., Ltd. engages in the design, manufacture, sale, and export of pens. It also offers pencils, markers, crayons, oil pastels, paint tubes, labeling stickers, correction tapes, storage notes, rolling and tape type glues, and picture books. In addition, the company is involved in the electronics business. The company was formerly known as The Japan Stationery Co. Ltd. and changed its name to Pentel Co., Ltd. in 1971. The company was founded in 1946 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with sales offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, South Africa, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It has manufacturing plants and offices in France, China, Taiwan, Japan, Brazil, and the United States.