Then, in May 1945, Eversharp Company teamed up with Eberhard-Faber to acquire exclusive rights to Biro Pens of Argentina. The pen was rebranded as the “Eversharp CA,” which stood for “capillary action.”
Less than a month after Eversharp/Eberhard closed the deal with Eterpen, a Chicago businessman, Milton Reynolds, visited Buenos Aires in June 1945. He noticed the Biro pen while he was in a store and recognized the pen’s sales potential. He bought a few as samples and returned to America to launch the Reynolds International Pen Company, ignoring Eversharp’s patent rights.
Reynolds copied the Biro pen within four months and began to sell his product by the end of October 1945.
Britain was not far behind. The Miles-Martin Pen Company sold the first ballpoint pens to the public there at Christmas 1945.The biro
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Interesting facts about The biro
THE BIRO
Interesting facts about The biro
"No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his
hand, or more wise when he had."
Samuel Johnson.
A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro, ball pen, is a pen that dispenses ink
over a metal ball at its point, i.e. over a "ball point".
The concept of using a ball point within a writing instrument as a method of
applying ink to paper has existed since the late 19th century.
Interesting facts about The biro
Макет двух типов объектов с таблицей
Interesting facts about The biro
Макет рисунка с подписью
Ladislao José Biró (1899-1985)
was born in Hungary (László
József Bíró) and ended his life in
Argentina, where he fled as the
Nazis swept through Europe.
Journalist, inventor,
businessman…, The inventor of
the ballpoint pen (or birome in
Argentina) was a man with a
thirst for knowledge and many
varied interests, from chemistry
and painting to the social
organization of ants, which he
used to observe for hours,
according to his daughter Mariana
Interesting facts about The biro
Then, in May 1945, Eversharp Company teamed up with Eberhard-Faber to
acquire exclusive rights to Biro Pens of Argentina. The pen was rebranded as
the “Eversharp CA,” which stood for “capillary action.”
Less than a month after Eversharp/Eberhard closed the deal with Eterpen, a
Chicago businessman, Milton Reynolds, visited Buenos Aires in June 1945. He
noticed the Biro pen while he was in a store and recognized the pen’s sales
potential. He bought a few as samples and returned to America to launch the
Reynolds International Pen Company, ignoring Eversharp’s patent rights.
Reynolds copied the Biro pen within four months and began to sell his
product by the end of October 1945.
Britain was not far behind. The Miles-Martin Pen Company sold the first
ballpoint pens to the public there at Christmas 1945.
Interesting facts about The biro
BIC® dominates the market in
the 21st century. Parker,
Sheaffer, and Waterman
capture smaller upscale
markets of fountain pens and
expensive ballpoints. The highly
popular modern version of
Laszlo Biro's pen, the BIC
Crystal, has a daily worldwide
sales figure of 14 million pieces.
Biro is still the generic name
used for the ballpoint pen used
in most of the world.
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Ball point
pens
Diposable
Refillable
Interesting facts about The biro
Interesting facts about The biro
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