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Posted on April 19, 2008

The pencil industry, present and past

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Earlier this year, we noted an interesting article on the current state of the pencil industry.

From Time Magazine’s archives, here is an overview published in 1932.

Posted on February 9, 2008

State of the Pencil, 2008

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There was a nice article in the Financial Times last month on the pencil industry. Count Anton von Faber-Castell, Rayford Musgrave Hulan of Musgrave, and Charles Berolzheimer of CalCedar are among those interviewed.

Link: Faber-Castell pens its future

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