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History George S Parker, the founder, had previously been a sales agent for the John Holland Gold pen Company. He received his first fountain pen related patent in 1889. In 1894 Parker received a patent on his “Lucky Curve” feed, which was claimed to draw excess ink back into the pen body when the pen was not in use. The Lucky Curve feed was used in various forms until 1928. From the 1920s to the 1960s, before the development of the ballpoint pen, Parker was either number one or number two in worldwide writing instrument sales.[citation needed] In 1931 Parker created Quink “quick drying ink” which eliminated the need for blotting and led to the development of the most widely used model of fountain pen in history (over 0 million worth of sales in its 30 year history) the Parker 51.[citation needed] Manufacturing facilities were set up over the years in Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, France, Mexico, USA, Pakistan, India and Argentina. Parker pens were frequently selected (often as favorite pens of the signers) to sign important documents such as the World War II armistices, and commemorative editions were sometimes offered.[citation needed] The company bought retailer and catalog company Norm Thompson in 1973, and then sold it off in 1981. In 1976 Parker acquired Manpower just as the temporary staffing market was surging. In time Manpower provided more revenue than the pen business. A 1982 spinoff, Sintered Specialties, Inc., became SSI Technologies, a manufacturer of automotive sensors. A management buyout in 1987 moved the company headquarters to Newhaven, East Sussex, England which was the original location of the Valentine Pen Company previously acquired by Parker. In 1993 Parker was acquired by the Gillette Company, which already owned the PaperMate brand, one of the best-selling disposable ballpoints. Gillette sold the writing instruments division in 2000 to Newell Rubbermaid, whose own Stationery Division, Sanford, became the largest in the world owning such brand names as Rotring, Sharpie, Reynolds as well as Parker, PaperMate, Waterman and Liquid Paper. In July of 2009 the 180 workers at Parker Newhaven, uk, got notice that the factory was to be shut down and the production moved to France. On August 18, 2009 Newell Rubbermaid Inc. announced that Janesville Wisconsin will lose the remaining operations tied to Parker Pen and 153 jobs. “This decision is a response to structural issues accelerated by market trends and is in no way a reflection on the highly valued work performed by our Janesville employees over the years,” the company said. Newell Rubbermaid said it will offer transitional employment services as well as severance benefits. Models 2007 model. Key models in the company’s history include Jointless (1899), Jack Knife Safety (1909), Duofold (1921), Vacumatic (1932), “51″ (1941), Jotter (1954), 61 (1956), 45, 75 (1964), Classic (1967), 25 (1975), Arrow (1982), Vector (1986), Duofold International (1987), 95 (1988), Sonnet (1993), and the Parker 100 (2004). Martini formula Parker pen ran an advertising campaign in the early 1970s, simply showing a hand using a Parker Pen to write the following ‘mathematical’ formula on a piece of paper: The result was that they received numerous inquiries by chemists, mathematicians, and physicists, asking for the meaning of the formula, as they could not figure it out. The formula is actually a humorous representation for the recipe of a Martini: 3.5 shots of gin and half a shot of vermouth over 4 parts H2O3 (water cubed = ice), finished off with three stirs (the 3360). Apparently the campaign received one very critical letter asking “Who ever heard of a martini without an olive?”.[citation needed] References ^ a b c “Timeline”. Parker Pen Company. http://www.parkerpen.com/en/discovery/making_of/timeline. Retrieved 19 October 2009. ^ Hambug, Ken (November 20, 1989). “Portland Norm Thompson is 40 and still growing”. The Oregonian: p. C9. ^ BBC News External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Parker Pens Official site Info site Parker 51 Special Edition (Originally official site for re-issue of Parker 51, but seems to have other news about Parker pens, too.) http://www.parker75.com (Hobby site with great amount of information on how to date a Parker 75) PenHero.com: Pengallery: Parker v d e Fountain pen makers by country USA Cross Franklin-Christoph Parker Sheaffer Papermate Japan uni-ball Namiki Pilot Sailor Platinum Nakaya China Hero France BIC Cartier ST Dupont Waterman Germany Faber-Castell Staedtler Lamy montblanc Rotring Pelikan Italy Aurora Delta Montegrappa OMAS Stipula Visconti Spain Inoxcrom Switzerland Caran d’Ache UK Conway Stewart Dunhill Categories: Newell Rubbermaid brands | Fountain pen and ink manufacturers | Industrial designs | Parker pensHidden categories: Articles lacking sources from May 2009 | All articles lacking sources | All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements from February 2007
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