Today the name Mont Blanc is synonymous for luxury items including of course, exquisite
hand crafted pens but it hasn't always been that way.montblanc , You see, in their very early years
they were known as Simplo Fuller Pen Company. A small company based out of Hamburg
Germany that made rather simply crafted fountain pens, by today's standards.
Their
Early Years as a Start up Enterprise
The company at that time in the early 1900s was
owned by three men, August Eberstein, Claus-Johannes Voss and Alfred Nehemias. Back
then, being that they were a relatively new start up enterprise, the company made and
sold only one pen model and that was their Rouge Et Noir that was launched in 1909.
Their First Name Change to Mont Blanc Pens
Soon after in 1910, a new model was designed
and launched and that pen carried the name Mont Blanc. No one is really sure why but not
long thereafter the men who ran the company decided to adapt that name to their company
and hence, the company began to be known as Mont Blanc pens. By the way, Mont Blanc is
the name of a mountain in France and also translates to hite Mountain?in English.
The
Mont Blanc Star is launched in 1913
Their next pen to make its debut was the Mont Blanc
Star in 1913 and it's still today affectionately referred to by collectors around the
globe as the Snowflake. In fact even to this day it's one of their most sought after
pens and is also extremely valuable by the way.
Their Second Name Change Came in 1934 &
Again in 1977
The company continued to experience growth, due to the expanding
popularity of their well made pens and in 1934 the decision was made to again change
their name to Mont Blanc Simplo. So that was the name that they stuck with, all the way
up to the year 1977 when the company was sold to Dunhill Corp and became known as Mont
Blanc once again.
The Mont Blanc Line is expanded beyond Pens
Shortly thereafter, the
decision was made to upgrade their pen line to include only high end, finely crafted
pens and to also expand the entire company line to include a series of other quality
crafted luxury products. At the present time Mont Blanc is operated by the Richmond
group. A business conglomerate that also includes some other familiar names like Cartier
and Van Cleef.
Mont Blanc Limited Edition and Collectors Series Pens
They have also
continued to add new pens to their ever growing line and have become very well known for
the limited edition and collectors series pens. Mont Blanc has also gained a well earned
reputation for their incredibly wide range of prices that includes pens that can be
found for as low as $250 all the way up to pens that carry price tags of over $100,000.