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Type: Business - Companies
Description: Pilot Pen Corporation 株式会社パイロットコーポレーション
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Pilot Corporation (株式会社パイロットコーポレーション, Kabushiki Kaisha Pairotto Kōporēshon, TYO 7846) is a pen manufacturer based in Tokyo, Japan. It produces writing instruments, stationery, and jewelry but is most well known for pens. It is the third largest pen manufacturer in the United States and the largest in Japan. It has a large number of subsidiaries located in countries throughout the world, including the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Brazil, South Africa, Germany, and France. Ryosuke Namiki founded the company in 1918 and since then Pilot has remained one of the forerunners of the pen industry.
Namiki, the fountain pens with maki-e lacquering designs, are made in the Hiratsuka factory.
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Collaborating with the Group SONY
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Contact Info
Website: http://
Office: Tokyo, Japan
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Recent News1915-Ryosuki Namiki of Japan leaves his job as a professor and founds a small factory near Tokyo to produce gold pen nibs
1916-Namiki expands his product line and becomes a full-fledged manufacturer of writing instruments
1918-Masao Wada joins Namiki in business, forming the Namiki Manufacturing Company Ltd. The name "Pilot" is selected as the trade name.
1925-Namiki Manufacturing patents a process to apply lacquer on the bodies of pens to protect them from scratching and fading. The company begins to embellish their pens using the centuries-old art form of maki-e. Fifty full-time lacquer artists are employed.
1926-Namiki Manufacturing opens branches in New York, London, Shanghai and Singapore and begins advertising.
1927-Alfred H. Dunhill is fascinated by the beauty of the Namiki pens and sells them in his stores in Paris.
1928-Alfred Dunhill Limited becomes a distributor of the maki-e decorated pens and pencils in Australia, New Zealand, India, Canada, South America and Spain.
1930-Alfred Dunhill obtains worldwide rights to distribute all Namiki manufactured goods, exclusive of Japan, China and the U.S.
1938-Namiki Manufacturing Company Ltd. changes the company name to Pilot Fountain Pen Co., Ltd.
1961-Pilot begins manufacturing ballpoint pens and continues making maki-e pens.
1964-Pilot revolutionizes the fountain pen by inventing the Capless, a fountain pen whose nib retracts completely into the barrel.
1972-Pilot establishes its American branch and reintroduces its retractable fountain pen, renaming it Vanishing Point for the American market.
1985-Pilot introduces advanced liquid ink technology with its Precise V5 and V7 products. PV5 soon leads the market as America’s #1 Selling Roller*
1989-The parent company name is changed to Pilot Corporation.
1990-Pilot begins creating limited editions of maki-e pens, although not for sale in the United States.
1994-Pilot introduces maki-e pens in the United States under the brand name Namiki.
1995-Pilot’s Dr. Grip becomes the first truly ergonomic Writing Instrument on the market.
1996-Pilot introduces the first luxury Namiki Limited Edition pen in the U.S. - “The White Tiger of Asia” – only 300 pens are produced.
1997-Pilot puts G2 on the market – the smooth writing Gel ink pen quickly earns its place as America’s #1 Selling Gel Pen*
2006-Pilot introduces Chinkin artistry to the United States with the Limited Edition Pheasant and Sakura pen.
Type: Business - Companies
Description: Pilot Pen Corporation 株式会社パイロットコーポレーション
http://
Pilot Corporation (株式会社パイロットコーポレーション, Kabushiki Kaisha Pairotto Kōporēshon, TYO 7846) is a pen manufacturer based in Tokyo, Japan. It produces writing instruments, stationery, and jewelry but is most well known for pens. It is the third largest pen manufacturer in the United States and the largest in Japan. It has a large number of subsidiaries located in countries throughout the world, including the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Brazil, South Africa, Germany, and France. Ryosuke Namiki founded the company in 1918 and since then Pilot has remained one of the forerunners of the pen industry.
Namiki, the fountain pens with maki-e lacquering designs, are made in the Hiratsuka factory.
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We welcome all members to participate in discussions, and share opinions insofar as they're RELEVANT to the purpose of the group, and NONDISCRIMINATORY. Posts and opinions that are irrelevant, offensive, and/or discriminatory will be deemed inappropriate and promptly removed, whether accidental or intentional. Members who is a party to an inappropriate act will be warned, and repeated offenders will be suspended from the group temporarily or permanently, with or without report to Facebook admins.
*please invite more people!!
Collaborating with the Group SONY
http://
Contact Info
Website: http://
Office: Tokyo, Japan
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Recent News1915-Ryosuki Namiki of Japan leaves his job as a professor and founds a small factory near Tokyo to produce gold pen nibs
1916-Namiki expands his product line and becomes a full-fledged manufacturer of writing instruments
1918-Masao Wada joins Namiki in business, forming the Namiki Manufacturing Company Ltd. The name "Pilot" is selected as the trade name.
1925-Namiki Manufacturing patents a process to apply lacquer on the bodies of pens to protect them from scratching and fading. The company begins to embellish their pens using the centuries-old art form of maki-e. Fifty full-time lacquer artists are employed.
1926-Namiki Manufacturing opens branches in New York, London, Shanghai and Singapore and begins advertising.
1927-Alfred H. Dunhill is fascinated by the beauty of the Namiki pens and sells them in his stores in Paris.
1928-Alfred Dunhill Limited becomes a distributor of the maki-e decorated pens and pencils in Australia, New Zealand, India, Canada, South America and Spain.
1930-Alfred Dunhill obtains worldwide rights to distribute all Namiki manufactured goods, exclusive of Japan, China and the U.S.
1938-Namiki Manufacturing Company Ltd. changes the company name to Pilot Fountain Pen Co., Ltd.
1961-Pilot begins manufacturing ballpoint pens and continues making maki-e pens.
1964-Pilot revolutionizes the fountain pen by inventing the Capless, a fountain pen whose nib retracts completely into the barrel.
1972-Pilot establishes its American branch and reintroduces its retractable fountain pen, renaming it Vanishing Point for the American market.
1985-Pilot introduces advanced liquid ink technology with its Precise V5 and V7 products. PV5 soon leads the market as America’s #1 Selling Roller*
1989-The parent company name is changed to Pilot Corporation.
1990-Pilot begins creating limited editions of maki-e pens, although not for sale in the United States.
1994-Pilot introduces maki-e pens in the United States under the brand name Namiki.
1995-Pilot’s Dr. Grip becomes the first truly ergonomic Writing Instrument on the market.
1996-Pilot introduces the first luxury Namiki Limited Edition pen in the U.S. - “The White Tiger of Asia” – only 300 pens are produced.
1997-Pilot puts G2 on the market – the smooth writing Gel ink pen quickly earns its place as America’s #1 Selling Gel Pen*
2006-Pilot introduces Chinkin artistry to the United States with the Limited Edition Pheasant and Sakura pen.
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