Founded 1761
Holding company Faber-Castell Aktiengesellschaft
90546 Stein, Germany
Tel: +49 911 9965-0; www.faber-castell.com
Chairman Count Anton Wolfgang von Faber-Castell (8th Generation)
Employees worldwide 6.000
In Germany 840 (Stein 640, Geroldsgrun 200)
Core competence Writing, drawing and colouring products
Worldwide production 1 800 million wooden-cased pencils per year
capacity (world's largest pencil manufacturer)
Marketing and Europe/North America
sales regions Latin America
Asia/Pacific
Production 15
locations worldwide
Sales companies 20
worldwide
Sales agents in 120 countries
Group revenues
Certifications ISO 9001-2000; ISO 14001, FSC
Achievements World's first branded writing instrument; established
degrees of pencil hardness (6H - 8B);
the hexagonal pencil; the "Secural Process", use of
environmentally compatible water-based paints
in production; global Faber-Castell Social Charter
Foundations Graf von Faber-Castell Kinderfonds
(Foundation benefiting deprived children)