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1856 Eagle Pencil Company formed in New York by the
Berolzheimer family (later Berol)
1900 Empire Pencil Company founded
1908 Eagle Factory built in England
1946 Empire merges with Providence Pencil Company
1949 Eagle Mexican operation began
1956 Eagle Colombian operation began
1962 Eagle Venezuelan operation began
1969 Berol Corporation formed and included the following:
Eagle Pencil Company
Blaisdell (USA)
All-Rite (USA)
North-Rite (Canada)
Margros (UK)
Apsco (USA)
Venus-Esterbrook (UK, Mexico)
Plumavenca (Venezuela)
RapiDesign (USA)
1986 Empire purchases Berol Corp. (Berol Corp)
1989 M. Grumbacher, Inc. becomes part of Berol
Osmiroid International, Ltd (UK) becomes part of Berol
1992 M. Grumbacher sold
Berol Corporation subsidiaries:
Empire Berol USA
Berol Canada, Inc.
Berol S.A. (Colombia)
Berol Ltd. (UK)
Berol S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
EAGLE 224 EAGLE HUSKY 2685 EAGLE JEANS EAGLE RECYCLED 227 EMPIRE/PEDIGREE MIRADO BLACK WARRIOR 372 MIRADO CLASSIC 174 MIRADO WOODTONES 176 MIRADO WOODTONES 177 OSMIROID PRISMACOLOR TURQUOISE VENUS YIKES!
Empire Pencil Co. brands - incomplete list
ARCO 88 CHOICE FAIRMOUNT HERALD SQUARE 881 HUSKY 683 (large diameter) INTEGRITY INTEGRITY 854 KADETTE Let's Play Cards (short) MOHICAN 724 PEDIGREE PEDIGREE (yellow) PEDIGREE (brown) PEDIGREE 656 (color) PEDIGREE Drawing 900 PUEBLO 6938 SNAPPY SNAPPY 1122 SPEED 179 SUNSET DUAL COLOR (red/blue) TRUSTY 916 TYPIST 749 (skinny)
Eagle Pencil Company brands - incomplete list
ALPHA 245 (large diameter) ARCADIA 167 ARCADIA (colors) Black Warrior 372 COMFORT 602 ENSIGN 200 GRAPHIC 311 MANIFOLD 855 MIKADO MIKADO "TYPE TIP" 1274 MIRADO 174 MIRROR 169 ORLOFF 843 (drawing) PATROL 116 PRISMACOLOR (colors) RADIOLITE 85 REGAL 168 STARS & STRIPES (lefty) TURQUOISE 4375 (copying) TURQUOISE Drawing VERITHIN (colors)