In accordance with the company’s internal regulations regarding age, Gerhard Berssenbrügge will step down as Chairman of the Faber-Castell AG Supervisory Board at the end of 2023. He will be succeeded by the former CEO of the Schleich Group, Dirk Engehausen, as a new supervisory board member.
Faber-Castell has acquired the company Robert E. Huber GmbH, a renowned manufacturer of precision mechanical products and components specializing in the production of high-quality writing instruments and accessories for global brands. "We are delighted to welcome Robert E. Huber to the Faber-Castell Group," said Stefan Leitz, CEO of Faber-Castell.
In the 2022/23 financial year, Faber-Castell generated the second-highest turnover in the company's history. After markets largely recovered from Covid-19 restrictions, the company realized a strong increase in turnover of 24,2 %, with sales rising to 649.2 million euros, up from 522.6 million euros the year before.
As the first company in the writing, drawing, and creative products industry, Faber-Castell is starting its first Web3 project, "Faberverse." Faber-Castell aims to create a platform in Web3 where various stakeholders can come together: digital and traditional artists, fans, thinkers, and collectors.
The company’s forest in Brazil, more recycled plastic as well as projects for green electricity and water: Faber-Castell is continually improving its environmental impact by using more sustainable materials and renewable energies, among other things.
Stein - In September, Faber-Castell is launching an international communication campaign about its different mechanisms for sustainable production. This should highlight the company’s sustainability leadership in the industry and make its engagement more visible worldwide: Faber-Castell was the first in the industry to grow its own forests in the mid-1980s. Around 10,000 hectares of pine forest su
Faber-Castell has now exceeded pre-pandemic levels with over 15% turnover in currency-adjusted terms. The Group has made strong gains in all areas and regions. Markets in the Americas developing particularly well.
Faber-Castell has launched "One Faber-Castell - creating a colorful future", a comprehensive growth program for the group. It aims to develop twice as strongly as the market over the next five years.
EnChroma, creator of glasses for the colourblind, is partnering with Faber-Castell to launch a video campaign that recognises and celebrates all colourblind fathers on Father's Day. An estimated 350 million people worldwide are affected by colour blindness. One in 200 women and one in 12 men (8%) suffer from colour vision deficiency...
January 23 is International Handwriting Day. Since 1977, under the auspices of the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA), the influence of handwriting on our everyday lives has been honoured worldwide.
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.
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
