BIC: The Company Behind the Pen (Patreon)

BIC: The Company Behind the Pen

Support us on Patreon to get early access to our future videos and to vote on which company we cover next: https://www.patreon.com/business_casual Join us at our subreddit and on social media: Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/businesscasual Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/business.casual.yt Twitter: https://twitter.com/BCasual_YT Google+: https://plus.google.com/+BusinessCasualJK 23rd video of the Behind the Business Series. BIC is a corporation based in France best known for making ballpoint pens. It was founded in 1945 by Baron Marcel Bich and has become known for making disposable consumer products such as lighters, razors, mechanical pencils, and printed paper products. The Bic Cristal is an inexpensive disposable ballpoint pen mass-produced and sold by BIC. It was first launched in December 1950 and is by far the best selling pen in the world – the 100 billionth was sold in September 2006. It has become the archetypal ballpoint pen.