11 Facts About Kaweco

Kaweco is a German brand of writing implements, originally introduced by the Heidelberg Pen Company for its dip pens line in 1889.

Kaweco became a public limited company in 1921, then being taken over by the Knust Woringen and Grube company, after Kaweco went bankrupt in 1930.

Current products under the Kaweco brand include fountain, rollerball, digital and dip pens, and mechanical pencils.

Kaweco brand originated in 1883, when the "Heidelberger Federhalter Fabrik" was founded by the gentlemen Luce and Enßlen in Heidelberg.

The products were marked with the brand names Perkeo, Omega, and Kaweco and were stamped with the initials HF, which stands for Heidelberger Federhalterfabrik.

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Shortly after, the brand name Kaweco became the company name under which the products are still distributed today.

Kaweco opened subsidiaries in Berlin, Paris, Zurich and Vienna, as well as agencies in many countries all over the World.

Kaweco had an approximate annual production of 130,000 fountain pens and employed 600 people.

In 1971 Kaweco launched the Sport set, which included a special jewelry pendant, as a licensed writing instrument of the 20th Olympic Games in Munich.

Since then Kaweco has been increasing its worldwide distribution independently by working closely with domestic partners.

Besides the core business, Kaweco continues to successfully establish itself on the market with co-brandings.