Zebra Writing Instruments, Ball Point Pens, Highlighters, Mechanical Pencils, Gel Rollers, and Correction Pens
Zebra Writing Instruments, Ball Point Pens, Highlighters, Mechanical Pencils, Gel Rollers, and Correction Pens. Zebra Pen Corporation offers an extensive line of writing instruments including ball point pens, highlighters, mechanical pencils, gel rollers, and correction pens. Zebra Pen Corporation was founded in New York in August 1982 as an independent corporation wholly owned by Zebra Co. Ltd., of Tokyo, Japan.
The Zebra trademark was adopted in 1914. Legend has it that Mr. Ishikawa, founder of Zebra Co. Ltd., wanted a company name that would be memorable and also appropriate for their export business to other countries. He took an English/Japanese dictionary and, opening it Japanese style from the back, started with the "Z" words. He stopped at "Zebra."
Upon further research, Mr. Ishikawa found that zebras are gentle animals with a strong family herding instinct. This was an important attribute, since he wanted to build a business in which employees and customers were all part of a family-like culture. The fact that the zebra looks like it is decorated with large calligraphic pen strokes may have also appealed to the visual image he was seeking.
The name Zebra is as unique as the products we sell. Zebra Pen Corporation offers an extensive line of writing instruments including ball point pens, highlighters, mechanical pencils, gel rollers, and correction pens. We stand behind our name and guarantee quality, satisfaction and an ultimate writing performance.
At Zebra Pen, we are doing our part to help protect our planet. We manufacture writing instruments that are environmentally friendly, where limited resources and energy are used efficiently. Over 70% of each Zebra Eco Product is made from recycled materials including car headlights, CD‚ôs, cellular phones, plastic shopping bags and car battery encasements.