Web Site: www.sheaffer.com
Founded by Walter A. Sheaffer in Fort Madison, Iowa, in the back room of his jewelry store. Started producing their own pens in 1912 and in 1913 the company had seven employees. The company is known for a number of important design aspects of fountain pens including the first practical lever filling fountain pen. That earned Walter Sheaffer a U.S. patent in August of 1908. Today it may seem like a small thing, but at the time it was significant. A single stroke of a slim metal lever is used to fill the pen reservoir directly from the ink bottle. No more hand filling pens with eye droppers!.
Enthusiastic response was met, Sheaffer risked his life savings to establish the W.A. Sheaffer Pen Company in 1912.
In 1966 Sheaffer became part of Textron Inc. and in 1976 a division of the Eaton Paper Com. The company was next taken over by BIC in 1997. The Fort Madison plant was closed in 2004 with most manufacturing being moved to China, and company administration handled through European offices.
In 2014 the company was up for sale and A.T. Cross purchased Sheaffer.
In 2022 William Penn, a multi-brand distributor and retailer of writing instruments in India, announced the acquisition of Sheaffer. Plans were to gradually shift the manufacturing to India from the existing facilities in Europe and China.
USA
Sheaffer Division of BIC USA
2623 Ave L
Ft. Madison, IA 52627
Tel: 800-FINE-PEN (Toll Free)
Tel: 319-372-8588
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Canada
Sheaffer Service Dept
Morton Clarke & Co. Ltd.
#160 – 2368 No. 5 Road
Richmond BC
Canada
V6X 2T1
Tel. 604-273-1055 ext 2
Tel. 800-810-1055 ext 2
patrickc@morton-clarke.com
Stone Marketing Limited
10 Sovereign Way
Tonbridge
Kent TN9 1RH
England
Tel: +44 (0) 1732 771771
Fax: +44 (0) 1732 771767
Australia
Sheaffer Pen
BIC Australia Pty. Ltd.
Tel: 1800 811 087 (Toll Free)
Singapore
BIC Product (Asia) Pte Ltd
60 Alexandra Terrace
The Comtech #05-05
Singapore 118502
Mexico
Miguel Angel Distributions, S.A.
5 De Mayo No. 29 H Col. Centro
C.P. 06000 Delegación Cuauhtémoc
Mexico D.F.
Phone: (55) 55.10.13.12
Fax: (55) 55.21.81.74
www.miguelangel.com.mx