Editing Faber-Castell (section)

== Corporation ==
[[File:Geroldsgrün-Faber-Castell.jpg|thumb|[[Geroldsgrün]], Faber-Castell works]]

Founded in 1761 at Stein near [[Nuremberg]] by cabinet maker [[Kaspar Faber]] (1730–84), the enterprise has remained in the Faber family for eight generations.<ref name="hist">Faber-Castell International. [http://www.fabercastell.com/company/history The History of the Faber-Castell Company]</ref> It opened branches in New York (1849), London (1851), Paris (1855), and expanded to Vienna (1872) and St. Petersburg (1874).<ref name=hist /> It opened a factory in [[Geroldsgrün]] where slide rules were produced. It expanded internationally and launched new products under Kaspar Faber's ambitious great-grandson, [[Johann Lothar Freiherr von Faber|Lothar]] (1817–96).<ref name=hist /> In 1900, after the marriage of Lothar's granddaughter with a cadet of the [[Counts of Castell]], the A.W. Castell enterprise took the name of ''Faber-Castell'' and a new logo, combining the Faber motto, ''Since 1761'', with the "jousting knights" of the Castells' coat-of-arms.<ref name=logo>Faber-Castell International. [http://www.faber-castell.de/en-DE/company/fc-logo The Company Logo]</ref>

Today, the company operates 14 factories and 20 sales units, with six in Europe, four in Asia, three in North America, five in South America, and one each in Australia and New Zealand. The Faber-Castell Group employs a staff of approximately 7,000 and does business in more than 100 countries.<ref name="facts" />