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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)