Child's Play to Invention!

Because we all love stationery... the BIC pen!

In 1930 an inventor saw children playing with marbles in a puddle and noticed that the marbles left a trail of water in their wake and that's how the idea of the ball point pen came to be. The inventor shared the idea with his brother and the Biro brothers set to work to create the perfect pen. They licensed their invention and in 1950 the first BIC Cristal was launched. 20 million of the exact same design are sold every day around the world with more than 100 billion having ever been manufactured! It is the best selling pen of all time.