Dixon Ticonderoga Co. sold millions of the iconic No. 2 yellow pencils American children took back to school this month. But the 223-year-old firm has survived by relying on more than just its ...

Let us help you. Published October 15, 2020 Sarah Witman Share this post Dixon’s Ticonderoga pencils are iconic. When you think about the pencils you wrote with as a kid—blonde wood ...

Year-over-year sales of pencils shot up 18.8 percent in 2012, Dixon says. U.S. pencil sales reached $452.8 million in 2013, up 7 percent from a year earlier, according to the research company NPD ...

A major beneficiary of this low-tech uptick is Dixon Ticonderoga, the world's largest pencil manufacturer. Each year, they produce an estimated 1.5 billion pencils, the bulk of which— about 1 ...

Dixon Ticonderoga sold millions of the iconic No. 2 yellow pencils American children took back to school this month. But the 223-year-old firm has survived by relying on more than just its ...