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Faber-Castell Group

 

Founded  1761
   
Holding company Phone +49 911 9965-0
www.faber-castell.com
   
Core competence Graphite and colour pencils 
  World wide production capacity over
2 000 million wooden-cased pencils per year
(world’s largest pencil manufacturer) 
   
Certifications ISO 9001-2000; ISO 14001; FSC
   
Employees worldwide ca. 8000
   
In Germany more than 1100
   
Marketing and
sales regions		 Europe / North America, 
Latin America,
Asia / Pacific
   
Production locations   in 9 countries
   
Sales companies in 22 countries
   
Sales agents in 120 countries 
   
Group revenue 2016/2017:  667 million EUR
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Faber-Castell produces over 2.3 billion wood-cased pencils every year.
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Faber-Castell grows about 20 cubic metres of wood every hour, which corresponds to around 1 truck load.
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Did you know?
Faber-Castell produces over 2.3 billion wood-cased pencils every year.
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