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| name = Caran d'Ache |
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| foundation = 1924 <ref name=history/> |
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| founder = Arnold Schweitzer <ref name=history></ref> |
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'''Caran d'Ache''' is a ] manufacturer of luxury ]s. |
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'''Caran d'Ache''' is ] manufacturer of professional ]s, art products, and accessories. |
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==History== |
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It was founded in Geneva in 1924 when Arnold Schweitzer purchased the Ecridor Pencil Factory. Schweitzer named his new company after ], the nickname of a French satiric political cartoonist from Russia (''карандаш'', ''karandash'' meaning ] in ]). |
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It was founded in Geneva in 1924 when Arnold Schweitzer purchased the Ecridor Pencil Factory. Schweitzer named his new company after ], the nickname of a French satiric political cartoonist from Russia (''карандаш'', ''karandash'' meaning ] in ]). <ref></ref> |
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In 1929 Carl Schmid invented the ''Fixpencil'', one of the first ] which has been trademarked by Caran d'Ache. |
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In 1929 Carl Schmid invented the ''Fixpencil'', one of the first ] which has been trademarked by Caran d'Ache. |
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It was founded in Geneva in 1924 when Arnold Schweitzer purchased the Ecridor Pencil Factory. Schweitzer named his new company after Caran d'Ache, the nickname of a French satiric political cartoonist from Russia (карандаш, karandash meaning pencil in Russian).
