Venus Pen and Pencil Corp.

Venus Pen and Pencil Corp.
Venus Pen and Pencil Co., commonly known as Venus or Venus Pencil Co. was one of the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of Pencils. The company produced many writing instruments, including Copying, Indelible and Woodcase graphite pencils including the World Famous Venus Line.

Order of Pencil Evolution

 * American Pencil Co.
 * Venus Pen and Pencil Co.
 * Eberhard Faber
 * Faber-Castell Corp.
 * Sanford Corp.

Timeline
Here is a brief timeline of the History of Faber-Castell :
 * 1956 Venus Pen and Pencil Corp. Formed
 * 1967 Company name changed to Venus-Esterbrook after some acquisitions
 * 1971 Venus-Esterbrook was bought out by Berol Corp.
 * 1973 Faber-Castell acquires remains of Venus-Esterbrook

Subsidiaries

 * Venus Pencil Co. Ldt.