Foundation for the growth of the pen industry was laid by pioneers like 1.Mhatre Pen & Plastic Industries, 2.Gujarat Industry, 3.Zebra Instruments (India), 4.Dhiraj Pen & Plastics and 5.Bal Krishna Pen P. ltd. The first four companies after showing spectacular achievements were wound up for some reason or other in 80s. The last one survives on its sheer force of enterprise, perseverance and Good will till 90s.
In early days of 60s due to ban on imports of pens, growth in literate population and advancement of qualitative and innovative products accelerated the demand for Indian made pens. Consequently, numerous pen factories came into existence taking up the challenge to satisfy the growing demand for quality pens. Notable among this Mercury pens, Plato pens, Doric pens, Rite sharp pens, Airmail pens, Matharu pens, Wimco pens, Ambitious pens, Luxor pens, Camlin Pens, Chandra Pens & Sulekha pens. These are the few names among the other exhaustive & impressive list of manufacturers.
The increase in the number of manufacturing units resulted in salutary development of ancillary industries like injection machine fabrication, mould making, molding powder crushing and mixing, plating, manufacturing of clips, rings, nibs, ball pen refills, feeders, metal draws of pipes for metal refills and such other components of pens & ball pens.
Then came Reynolds, Flair, Montex, Pik, Cello, Lexi, Linc. They entered the market with latest technology & aggressive marketing. Due to this dominance of unorganized sector comes to an end in Indian market. Luxor brought international brand Parker, Waterman, Pilot & Paper mate in Indian market. Same way flair brought Senator, Pierre Cardin, Pentel in Indian market. Linc brought uniball, Lamy, Bensia. Apart from this there are other brands also doing very well in Indian market.
Shri D.K.Jain, chairman of Luxor group of companies, Shri Khubilal Rathod, chairman of Flair group of companies, and Shri Ramanlal Jain, chairman of Montex group of companies are few notable among the visionary of Indian writing industries.
We are exporting Ball pen, Gel pen, Fountain pen, Marker, Sketch pen, components and ink all over the world. Our products are preferred choice in the highly competitive & quality conscious market of USA, Japan, and Europe & Australia. We are exporting our product in more than 100 countries of the world. Our export for the year 2010-11 is above Rs. 1100 crore.
VISIONARY OF INDIAN WRITING INDUSTRIES
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