History

1919
April, 1919
Company establishment

Established in Tokyo, Japan and started manufacturing high quality dyes and ink.

1949
First ballpoint pen

Manufactured world’s first pencil shaped ballpoint pen with chrome ball.
This is the first Made In Japan ballpoint pen. 

1960
Developed non-smudged ballpoint pen

Developed non-smudged ballpoint pen tip with 0.6mm ball along with document ink, first in the world.

1962
Retractable ballpoint pen

Launched retractable type ballpoint pen

1963
Tugsten carbide ball(TC)

Developed revolutionary ballpoint pen with tugsten carbide ball of very good preservation stability, first in the world.

1964
Transparent pipe refill

Manufactured ballpoint pen refill with transparent pipe, first in the world.

1964
Roller Pen

Developed revolutionary ballpoint pen using waterbased ink, first in the world.
This innovation added new product category in the ballpoint pen history naming it as ROLLER PEN.

1968
Launched texture grip ballpoint pen

Launched pencil type ballpoint pen having texture groove at the grip.

1978
Introduced rubber grip ballpoint pen

Introduced the rubber grippered ballpoint pen, first in the world.

1981
Ceramic Roller Pen

Invented a revolutionary Roller Pen CERAMIC ROLLER PEN which uses rust free Ceramic Ball(SiC) as its writing ball.
* Ceramic Roller Pen(model CB-10F) was officially used at the 1990 Economic Summit of Industralized Nations.

1991
Free Ink Roller Pen

Developed pigment ink Water-proof/Fade-proof Free Ink Roller Pen.

1999
Strong Needle Tip

Manufactured single blocked Needle Tip, first in the world. 

2006
Gel Ink Ceramic Roller Pen

Launched gel ink Roller pen with Ceramic Ball(SiC) 

2013
Non-dry Ceramic Roller Refill patented

Ceramic Roller Refill C-305 is patented as Non-Dry Refill(Patent no.5371571)

2013
FUDE BALL 1.5

Launched boldest Free Ink Roller Pen in the world FUDE BALL 1.5mm 

2017
Flash dry gel ink

Developed fast-drying  Gel ink Flash Dry Ink