Writing Instruments

Leed’s, New Kensington, Pa., announced its 2016 product launch—a collection of 197 new products, including offerings in the bags, mobile, drinkware and gift categories, as well as new brand partnerships, including SKROSS travel products and Sheaffer pens. The new products are available at www.pcna.com/Leeds/ and in the 2016 Leed’s catalog. “We are excited by our…

BIC Graphic, Clearwater, Fla., announced the addition of more than 20 new BIC-branded writing instruments, including five completely new design families as well as extensions of other products featuring either new colors or the addition of a stylus version. Three key trends have…

BIC Graphic, Clearwater, Fla., is launching more than 400 new products this month. Based on research both inside and outside the industry, BIC Graphic's product development team not only has focused on bringing new products to the line, but also expanding top-selling categories with new colors and line extensions, offering distributors more choices. The additions include:…

While Livescribe may have the recognition, it's by no means the only smart pen on the market. Here at CES, we got a peek at the Oree Stylograph, a beautiful ballpoint smart pen that's made of pure copper. In fact, it was a Kickstarter project that was fully…

Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass., announced the addition of industry veteran Ian Brudenell to its team of inside sales executives. Brudenell will represent Hub Pen on the West Coast. “As our product offerings and services continue to expand, the addition of talented sales…

BIC, Clearwater, Fla., has bought a majority stake in Cello Pens, India's largest manufacturer and distributor of writing instruments. According to Forbes, BIC acquired a 60 percent stake in Cello Pens from the Rathod family for $82 million. In March 2009, BIC had taken a 40 percent stake in six of Cello Pens' seven entities for…

Promo Marketing's Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership's absolute favorite. (Next up: We're not going to let these spring-like temperatures in the Northeast steal our holiday spirit. You'll still find us sweating it out in our ugly holiday sweaters.) Last week,…

Everyone has a favorite pen. Whether it's because it has a name engraved on it, it has a comfortable rubber grip or the ink is smoother than Barry White's voice. We found three pens that stand out to us because of their designs and functions. 1. Writing electrified Scientists at the University of Western Ontario…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week filed a complaint, charging that Staples Inc.'s proposed acquisition of Office Depot Inc. would violate antitrust laws by reducing competition nationwide in the industry for "consumable" office supplies, including writing instruments, notepads, folders and paper products, sold to large-business customers. "The commission has reason to believe that the…

This month, at a seminar in Beijing, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said that Chinese pens felt "rough" compared to those made in Japan, Germany and Switzerland, and added that China's manufacturers should focus on innovating their technologies. According to Marketplace, this wasn't the first time…