Société Bic
French manufacturing company
Société Bic, better known as just Bic, is a Consumer goods company. Bic is known for their lighters, ballpoint pens, magnets, shaving razors, paper products, and watersports products. The company was created by Baron Marcel Bich in 1945.
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| Company type | Société Anonyme |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consumer goods |
| Founded | Clichy, France (1945) |
| Headquarters | Clichy, France |
Key people | Bruno Bich (Chairman) Mario Guevara (CEO) |
| Products | Lighters Magnets Ballpoint pens Shaving razors paper products watersports products |
| Revenue | €1.5627 billion (2009)[1] |
Number of employees | 14,934 (2017)  |
| Website | www.bicworld.com |
The first product that the company made was the Bic pen, known as the Bic Cristal.[2] In 1958, the company went public through a reverse merger with the Waterman Pen Company in the United States and they later sold off the older operation.[3]
References
change- ↑ "Consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009. Notes to the consolidated financial statements. Auditor's opinion. Pages 34, 50, 52–53" (PDF). BIC World. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ↑ "History". BIC World. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ↑ "Corporations: Mightier than the Pencil". Time. 17 March 1967. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
