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Caran d'Ac
File:Carandache logo.png
Industry	Art and luxury goods
Founded	1915; 110 years ago (1915)
Founder	Arnold Schweitzer
Headquarters	Geneva, Switzerland
Products	Writing instruments
Website	www.carandache.ch

Caran d'Ache is a Swiss manufacturer of school, office, art and luxury writing instruments.

History

The Fabrique genevoise de crayons was founded in Geneva in 1915 when Arnold Schweitzer purchased the Ecridor Pencil Factory. In 1924, Arnold Schweitzer named his new company after Caran d'Ache, the nickname of the French satiric political cartoonist Emmanuel Poiré (who in turn took his name from карандаш (karandash), the Russian word for pencil).

In 1929, Carl Schmid invented the Fixpencil, one of the first clutch pencils which has been trademarked by Caran d'Ache. Caran d'Ache launched its watercolour pencil Prismalo in 1931 and its wax pastel Neocolor in 1952. In 1969, it created its emblematic office metal ballpoint pen 849.

In 2012, Caran d'Ache changed distributors from Letts Filofax Group Ltd to Victorinox AG.

Gallery

Tubes of acrylic paint
Coloured pencils
Coloured pencils
Caran d'Ache's bicolour pencil
A luxury pen
Felt-tip pens
A type of mechanical pencil
Caran d'Ache's NEOPASTEL 12 colors oil pastels

Notes and references

^ "Caran d'Ache history from official website". Carandache.ch. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
"CARAN d'ACHE > La Maison > La Maison > Histoire". Carandache.ch. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

External links

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Dip nibs	Esterbrook Gillott Kaweco Leonardt Macniven and Cameron Josiah Mason Perry Hunt (Speedball) Zebra
Ballpoint	Ballograf Berol Bic Caran d'Ache Conway Stewart Cross Deli Herlitz Kaweco Kokuyo Camlin Lamy M&G Stationery Maped Monami Montblanc Ohto Paper Mate Parker Pelikan Pierre Cardin Pilot Reynolds Sakura Sheaffer Stabilo Staedtler Conway Stewart Tombow TOZ Penkala Uni-ball Yard-O-Led Zebra
Fountain	Aurora Berol Bic Pierre Cardin Cartier Caran d'Ache Conway Stewart Chelpark Curtis Conway Stewart Cross Dunhill Esterbrook Eversharp Faber-Castell Guy Laroche Hermès Hero Kaweco Koh-i-Noor Kokuyo Camlin Lamy Luxor Maped Monami Montblanc Montegrappa Namiki Ohto OMAS Onoto Parker Pelikan Penkala-Edmund Moster & Co. Pentel Pilot Reynolds Rotring Yves Saint Laurent Sheaffer Speedball Stabilo S.T. Dupont TOZ Penkala Tombow Visconti Waterman Yard-O-Led
Rollerball	Caran d'Ache Conway Stewart Pierre Cardin Deli Kaweco Kokuyo Camlin M&G Stationery Monami Ohto Pentel Pilot Reynolds Sakura Sharpie Sheaffer Stabilo Staedtler Uni-ball
Gel	Bic Crayola Deli M&G Stationery Maped Monami Muji Ohto Paper Mate Pentel Pilot Reynolds Sakura Sharpie Stabilo Uni-ball Zebra
Brush pens	Kuretake Pentel
Markers	Berol Caran d'Ache Copic Crayola Deli Herlitz Koh-i-Noor Kokuyo Camlin Kuretake M&G Stationery Maped Monami Pentel Pilot Sakura Sharpie Stabilo Staedtler Tombow Uni-ball Zebra
Ink	Bril Carter Conway Stewart Chelpark Kaweco Koh-i-Noor Kokuyo Camlin Kuretake Pelikan Penkala-Edmund Moster & Co. Rotring Staedtler TOZ Penkala Winsor & Newton
Technical	Rotring Staedtler
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