WHO WE ARE CATALOG STORES CONTACTS PENTEL BLOG Who we are WHO WE ARE Pentel headquarters in Tokyo Since its foundation, Pentel's Mission has been to design and manufacture Innovative and Quality products for writing and drawing for everyday life. Our story begins in Japan in 1946 when the founder Yukio Horie takes over a distribution business of brushes and inks thus founding "The Japan Stationery Co. Ltd". Convinced that only by educating the new generations could Japan recover from the post-war disaster, Mr. Horie began manufacturing school-based products such as crayons and gouache at the Soka factory. The current name Pentel was born in 1951 and derives from the contraction of the words Pen Pastel, referring to a pastel with exceptional qualities of resistance to temperature variations that allowed to color with bright colors with the same ease of use of a pen. Over the decades, the company has developed and new production plants have been created first in Japan and subsequently in America, Europe and Asia; state-of-the-art plants not only in production processes and quality systems, but also ahead of their time as regards the well-known anti-pollution issues. A long history of innovation and research to design innovative writing tools capable of surprising consumers and responding to new needs. A history of constant attention to quality that has led to the achievement of important international awards such as the Deming Prize that Pentel has obtained, unique in the writing market, as recognition of the implementation of the concept of Total Quality. The Pentel group is today a consolidated international reality that has 25 branches in five continents and a capillary network of distributors covering about 120 countries. Browse the online catalog Discover all the points of sale You are here: HomeWho we are Pentel Italia SpA - VAT number 11343200157 - © 2015 Pentel Italia SpA Privacy Policy - General conditions of sale Developed by This site uses cookies necessary for its operation. If you want to know more, consult the privacy policy. By closing this banner, scrolling this page, clicking on a link or continuing to browse otherwise, you consent to the use of cookies. Privacy disclaimer Close