Given
that enduring reliability is the hallmark of our products,
understandably, they are manufactured using the most stringent
quality controls backed by years of research and development.
Our 10 factories at 5 locations in India employ the latest in technology
and the best of raw materials to grant to our products
the quality, so ingrained in our product development philosophy.
Besides developing the machines for manufacture indigenously,
every component that goes into the making of our products
are produced in-house.
Our concern for the environment
has led us to grow our own trees to satisfy our
requirements for wood, an essential ingredient
in pencil manufacture. This practice in turn ensures
an uninterrupted supply of wood of consistent
quality from our own plantations. All said and
done, the outcome of our manufacturing process
are products that offer our customers excellent
"value for money".
Pencils Manufacture
The 'pencil', derived from the
Latin word penicillum, seems humble enough to
be hurriedly put together in one's backyard. In
this aspect, the simplicity of the pencil is truly
misleading. The common pencil uses about 40 different
raw materials, the basic ones being wood, graphite
and clay. The indigenously grown wood brought
specifically from the state of Jammu and Kashmir,
is first cut into slats that are as long as but
only half the width of the pencil. The slats are
then subjected to wood staining and grooves are
cut into the slats.
Next, the lead, which is a mixture of
micronised graphite and ball clay, is
dried and inserted into these grooves. The leads
are bonded, shaped and compressed to ensure that
they are breakage resistant and long lasting.
Each of these slats with lead is then stuck together
with another slat without lead to complete the
pencil. Once the pencil is created through this
"sandwich" method, they are then meticulously
shaped, lacquered and printed as per requirement.
The process results in bonded lead pencils of
high calibre, about 18 cms long that can draw
a line 55 kms long and on an average write about
45,000 words. The pencils that write smooth and
dark are tipped at one end to indicate the end
that has to be sharpened, ensuring maximum utilization.
Every stage of the process is executed with maximum
controls and quality checks to ensure that the
product is truly world-class.
