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Timeline 1835 Vintage Mars Lumograph box

The JS Staedtler company was established in Nuremberg, Germany, following a long history of pencil-making in the area.

1866 Staedtler employed 54 people, with production reaching more than 2 million pencils a year. Staedtler pencil box, inside lid

1922 A US subsidiary was established, followed four years later by one in Japan.

Mars eraser

1988 German production was relocated to a bigger site in Moosacher Strasse in North Nuremberg.

1997 Noris Club colouring pencils

The Staedtler Foundation, a non-profit organisation that holds all shares in the Staedtler group, was set up.

2011 Staedtler Warrior & Patta footware, 2011

The Staedtler Triplus 426 retractable ballpoint pen won a Red Dot Design Award.

2012 Staedtler’s annual sales of wood-cased pencils reached 65 million, including 33 million yellowand-black Noris pencils.

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