In 2019, BIC launched BodyMark, a line of temporary tattoo markers ... the power of the pen. (His grandfather, Marcel Bich, started the company in 1945 and launched the BIC ballpoint pen in ...

For pen manufacturers and distributors, however, the real news was that Biro had filed a patent, which meant that the company that bought the rights ought to be able to corner the ballpoint market.

The pen may be mightier than the sword, but when Jewish-Hungarian journalist László Bíró invented the ballpoint pen in the 1930s clichéd sayings were probably the last thing on his mind.

His preferred tool is a standard Bic ballpoint pen, leaving no room for mistakes ... "In that moment, it's almost like a machine... Like an out-of-body experience in some moments." ...

But until now, one bit of manufacturing had perhaps unexpectedly eluded China: the ballpoint pen. A year ago Premier Li Keqiang went on national television and bemoaned the failure of his country ...