Pilot (pen company)
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| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Stationery |
| Founded | 1918 as Namiki Manufacturing Company |
| Founder | Ryosuke Namiki |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Products | Writing instruments |
| Website | pilotpen |
Pilot Corporation (株式会社パイロットコーポレーション Kabushiki Gaisha Pairotto Kōporēshon?, : ) is a Japanese pen manufacturer based in Tokyo, Japan. It produces writing instruments, stationery and jewellery, but is best known for its pens.
It is the largest pen manufacturer in Japan, and has a large number of subsidiaries throughout the world, including in the Philippines, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Brazil, South Africa, Germany and France. Most Pilot pens are made in Japan, France and the USA. Namiki, Pilot's fountain pens with maki-e lacquering designs, are made in the Hiratsuka factory.
In 1915, Ryōsuke Namiki (並木良輔), a professor from Tokyo Nautical College in Japan, left his job to found a small factory near Tokyo to produce gold pen nibs. In 1916, Namiki expanded his product line and became a full-fledged manufacturer of writing instruments.
The Pilot Pen Corporation was founded by Ryosuke Namiki with Masao Wada (和田正雄) in 1918 under the name of the Namiki Manufacturing Company.
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