Recycled Pencils

Publisher — Sat, 01 May 2010 05:01:30 +0000

Recycled Pencils

Good Feel USA provides a line of recycled paper pencils for customers who want a great pencil and to do something to help the environment. Good Feel USA states that if every person in the country substituted a Good Feel pencil for just one day a year, 300 tons of trees would be spared. Every year, about 320,000,000 pencils are manufactured in the U.S., which requires about 110,000 tons, or 7,300,000 cubic feet of wood.

Good Feel offers a line called Zebra Colored Paper Pencils, in which the body of the Zebra Pencil is made from two different colored papers, creating a unique design at the tip that lasts until the very end.

Wholesale on less than 10,000 pencils, $.20 per unit. The company also offers Zebra Colored Paper Rainbow Pencils featuring a four colored lead.

The Fantastic Pencil has a matching color eraser and holder to give the unit an even more colorful character. Wholesale on these pencils for less than 10,000 pencils is $.21 per unit. Good Feel’s Twin Zebra Pencil includes two colored leads on each side, thus enhancing functionality and eliminating the hassle of using two individual colored pencils. The company offers more styles and different packaging options, different minimum orders, and the option to have pencils preprinted and customized.

For more information:
Good Feel USA
20280 S. Vermont Ave.
Torrance, CA 90502
Tel.: 310-594-3989
Fax: 310-515-0650
Email: webmaster@greenfeel.net
Website: www.greenfeel.net

Ballograf Pens from Sweden

Publisher — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:01:37 +0000

The Ballograf pen line has been produced in Sweden for the past 60 years. The ballpoint pens and mechanical pencils are produced in the city of Göteborg (Gothenburg). At a highly automated plant, four million pens a year are manufactured by 30 employees. About half of the production is sold in Nordic countries. The hallmark of Ballograf is that it is an extraordinarily high quality line of pens, sold at an inexpensive retail price. Its North American distributor, Nord Mark Inc., has been selling the product for over 20 years, supplying Ballograf pens to many gift shops and retailers throughout the U.S. and Canada. Nord Mark also sells the pens, refills, accessories via the Internet.

The Ballograf pen’s writing characteristics result from the use of the best materials available. The ball is made of tungsten carbide. The point, which houses a ball, is made of stainless steel, to withstand the wear from the millions of rotations of the ball during the life of the refill cartridge. The ink in the cartridge is approved for archival use per the most stringent requirements, and the ink is also acid free. Ballograf products are covered by a lifetime warranty.

Retail pricing is typically two times the wholesale price, and the company offers four lines of pens, including the Opus, Rondo, Epoca and Nordica. For example, the Rondo, with chrome trim, has a wholesale price from $3.95 to $4.95. Each set of pens comes with matching pencils, and the Rondo pencil wholesales for $4.95. There are gift boxes available, or the pens can be displayed in blister packs. For orders over $100, there are two free retail pen displays. The company also offers a line of leather notebooks with 120 sheets and a circular holder for a Rondo pen. The wholesale price is $15.95 and suggested retail is $29.95, with no minimum order.

Ballograf in Sweden will also do imprinting. Pricing for imprinted pens includes a setup fee of $45. The imprinting cost per surface and color varies, depending on the quantity. For text and/or logos with multiple colors, there is a minor cost for each color and each different imprinting. A typical cost is around 25 to 30 cents per pen, in color.

For more information:
Nord Mark Inc.
12075 48th Avenue N.
Minneapolis, MN 55442
Tel.: 763-383-1118
Fax: 763-383-1119
Email: trygves@aol.com
Website: www.nord-mark.com

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Ballograf Pens from Sweden