Have you ever wondered how your everyday pencil is made? In this video, take a rare look inside the Faber-Castell factory, one of the world’s most iconic pencil manufacturers, to see how millions of ...

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — Inside one of the nation’s last surviving pencil manufacturers, Jason Glines heaved slats of wood imported from China through a cutting machine. He watched as blades ...

And while pencil production in the U.S. has dwindled over the years as manufacturing shifts overseas, the demand for those imports from such countries as China, Mexico and India suggests a market ...

one of the few pencil manufacturers left in the United States—there are perhaps four, whereas there used to be some two dozen—and certainly the last in Shelbyville, Tennessee, about 60 miles ...

The pencil is so vital that many tool manufacturers actually make a special version of the pencil just for use by woodworkers. Those specialty pencils are hardly unique in terms of the materials ...

Harsh economic environment and persistent importation of pencils, coupled with the foreign exchange scarcity and epileptic power supply have hindered Nigeria’s plan for local manufacturing of ...

"The hexagonal shape is best suited to the structure of the human hand. The shape of pencil is versatile and easy to use. It has well-defined edges that allow the user to get a firm grip on the shape ...