Sakura Color Products Corporation
Sakura Color Products Corporation is a Japanese company headquartered in Morinomiya-chuo, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan, which produces a variety of stationery items. Although the firm commercializes a wide range of products, Sakura is more known by its marker pens, such as the Micron liners.
History
The company started as a crayons manufacturer in 1921. By 1924, Sakura invented the first-ever oil pastel that combined oil and pigment, which was patented globally as the "Cray-pas" trademark.In 1982, the firm launched its famous "Pigma" marker pen lines.
In 1984, Sakura invented the first gel-based ink, featured in its new ballpoint pens lines. Gel ink pens are currently produced by many stationery companies.
The North-American division of the company, "Sakura Color Products of America, Inc." was established in Hayward, California in 1986. Other division of Sakura in Asia, "Shanghai Sakura International Trading Co., Ltd. " was established in Shanghai, China in 2002.
Products
The following is a list with the large range of products commercialized by Sakura:Category | Products |
Pens | Ballpoint pens, gel ink pens, refills |
Pencils | Mechanical pencils, colored pencils |
Markers | Water based and permanent marker pens, highlighters, brush pens |
Writing accessories | Erasers, whiteboard erasers, glue pens |
Art materials | Crayons, pastels, oil pastels, water colors, acrylic paints, gouaches, oil paints, water-soluble printing colors, brushes, palettes |