PENTEL PEN Many of us grew up with Pentel products in our hands, whether in school, at work, or while creating art. But Pentel’s story began long before it became a household name. In 1946, right after the war, Yukio Horie founded Japan Stationery Co., Ltd. in Tokyo with a simple dream: to give people tools for self-expression. It started with crayons and pastels that brightened classrooms and sketchpads. By 1960, Pentel introduced the world’s first knock-type mechanical pencil, changing the way