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Parker has just released a new line of ink pens that it describes as an “innovative new writing system” that will “revolutionize the look and feel of putting pen to paper.”

The upshot is that the new Parker Ingenuity uses a metallic hood and flexibile polypropylene tip to approximate the easy glide and varying lines of a fountain pen, but has a disposable tip/ink cartridge that can be replaced as easily as a rollerball or gel pen refill.

Parker is calling it 5th Technology, combining “the classic beauty of the fountain pen, the smoothness and precision of the rollerball, the ease and longevity of the ball point pen and the smudge-free, fluid experience of the porous point.” Read More –>

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Totally Random Pen Stuff

by TonyB on August 17, 2011

• Look for more youth-oriented marketing from Sharpie in the months to come, according to the New York Times.

Directed at teenagers, the campaign also includes new print, TV, Internet and cinema advertising, extensive use of social media, and new packaging, markers and colors.

Apparently, Sanford, maker of the ubiquitous permanent marker, feels that it has been aiming ad messages at adults, even though teens are the ones who get the most use out of Sharpies. So, now the ad focus is going to shift to young people and the creative ways they use the popular markers, the Times reports. Read More –>

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Newhaven has Competition for Parker Pen Archives

February 26, 2010

The town of Janesville, Wisconsin is speaking up about the future of the Parker Pen archives. You might remember we mentioned last month that the iconic pen company was closing down its Newhaven manufacturing plant and shifting everything to France. Pen collector Tony Fischier, who runs ParkerCollector.com, has launched an online petition to keep the [...]

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Parker Pen Historian Michael Fultz Has Passed Away

February 19, 2010

We’re a little late on this, but we wanted to mention that L. Michael Fultz, the collector and historian who knew everything there was to know about Parker fountain pens, died Jan. 27 in Janesville, Wisc. He’d moved there, the original hometown of the Parker company, after a career in Illinois state government.

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A Parker Pen Museum in Newhaven?

January 27, 2010

Yeah, it’s probably a long, long shot, but a website run by a Parker Pen collector is putting together a petition in hopes of convincing the company to create an archives/museum when it closes its British factory later this year.

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Pen Thief Strikes in Parker's (Old) Hometown

December 24, 2009

Well, actually, we don’t know that it was a thief. But blogger Steve Knox wrote in the Janesville (Wisc.) Gazette this week that he is mourning the loss of his favourite Parker Frontier after it disappeared from his desk.

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Parker's New Range of Premier Pens

December 2, 2009

Parker recently unveiled four new models in its Premier pen range, and they’re all envy-inducing. The pens come in four distinct finishes: black with a silver neo-tartan chiselled cap (pictured at left); black lacquer with gold trim; black lacquer with silver trim; and, chiselled silver. With each finish, you have your choice of fountain, rollerball…or [...]

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Newspaper: India to Become a 'Sourcing Hub' for Parker Pens

October 9, 2009

The Economic Times is reporting that Newell Rubbermaid, which owns the Parker pen brand, plans to begin shipping Indian-made Parkers to customers around the world. According to the paper, 12 million Parker pens are currently produced in India for sale in the local market. The company also plans to launch luxury men’s accessories such as [...]

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