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Faber-Castell expects 6% growth - Investments in sustainability, digitalisation and supply chain are part of a future-oriented corporate approach

12 October 2021 09:30

The Faber-Castell Group expects sales growth of at least 6% year-on-year in the current 2021/22 financial year*. Profitability is also expected to rise as a result our increase in investments. In this last financial year, the global pandemic meant that the company experienced a currency-adjusted decline in turnover of around 10% compared to the previous year.

World Animal Day, 4 Oct 2021 - Making way for the Giant Anteater

3 October 2021 14:18

The Faber-Castell forests in Brazil are teeming with diverse fauna. The animals that live here have been protected over the last few decades. Thanks to some very careful planning, the diversity of species has even shown a clear increase over the years.Every evening the birds sit in a tree that stands in an open area, a few hundred meters away from where the forest begins. This single trees on

Ultra-matt innovation: Pitt Graphite Matt pencils

29 September 2021 16:00

Incomparably matt, black and soft - with the Pitt Graphite Matt, Faber-Castell presents a true innovation on the pencil market. Much to the delight of artists all over the world.

Leading by example - Nature Conservation Day (28 July)

27 July 2021 14:10

Wood-cased pencils have been Faber Castell’s most important products since the company was founded in 1761. More than two billion pencils are produced every year. Faber-Castell is now able to cover up to 80 per cent of its wood requirements through its own forest management; all other wood purchased for pencil production comes from certified sustainable sources.

Faber-Castell wins German award for sustainability projects

21 July 2021 12:09

Faber-Castell has won the “Deutscher Award für Nachhaltigkeitsprojekte 2021” (German Award for Sustainability Projects 2021) in the category "Equal Opportunities" for its Colour Grip charity set Children of the world. The award was presented this year for the first time by news channel ntv, DUP UNTERNEHMER and the German Institute for Service Quality (DISQ).

Faber-Castell will welcome Simon Hauser as the new CTO in September this year

23 June 2021 15:30

The Supervisory Board of Faber-Castell AG has appointed Mr Simon Hauser (43) as the company’s new Chief Technology Officer. Mr Hauser will join the company on 1 September, taking over from Dr Hans-Kurt von Werder (56), whose Executive Board mandate will expire at the end of September 2021.

260 years of Faber-Castell: Social media campaign celebrates creativity

23 April 2021 13:00

The long-established company is celebrating its anniversary with fans all over the world – and is launching an interactive, global social media campaign to mark the occasion.

From Pine to Pencil - Made from timber, the drawing tools manufactured by Faber Castell are primarily sourced from the company’s own sustainable forests in Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil.

16 March 2021 17:16

For almost four decades, the writing instruments specialist Faber-Castell has been operating its own tree plantations for pencil production In the southeast of Brazil, in the federal state of Minas Gerais. These forests are FSC-certified, thus managed in an ecologically and socially compatible fashion, while also hosting a habitat of native flora and fauna.

With pen and paper: How creative routines strengthen the psyche

25 February 2021 16:15

Home office, video conferences, online tutorials: our working world is increasingly digitally dominated. Not only in times of crisis, but also in normal, demanding everyday life, analogue, creative activities provide mental balance.

Ink or keyboard?

18 January 2021 12:36

Every year on 23 January, International Handwriting Day is celebrated worldwide. It was initiated in 1977 by the US Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA) to highlight the influence of handwriting on our lives. Even if computer fans praise the advantages of the digital - neuroscientists warn: turning away from handwriting could impair reading and learning ability.

Sketchnotes say more than a thousand words. January 11th is "World Sketchnote Day". From the technology to the tools - all about these ingenious visual notes.

8 January 2021 14:00

Sketchnotes, a composition of the English words for "sketch" and "notes", are visually prepared content – a mixture of text, symbols and structures. That it is indeed a "tangible thing" is proven just by looking at the meanwhile imposing, very communicative fan community...

75 years Press Camp: When history was written in the Faber-Castell Castle

20 November 2020 13:22

The proceedings of the Nuremberg Trials before the International Military Tribunal (IMT) are exemplary for the prosecution of war crimes and to this day represent a unique media event that has attracted international attention. From 1945-1949, most of the media representatives found accommodation in the Faber-Castell Castle, which was converted into a press camp by the US Army and used as such.