Derwent Pencils Factory

As well as being a state of the art facility it was built to ensure that our impact on the environment is minimal.

Derwent pencils factory. Buy own tins now. Derwent or the derwent cumberland pencil company is a manufacturer of pencils and other stationery. The company was bought by acco uk known then as rexel and became a brand of their product range. Located in keswick the home of the first pencil visitors enter this museum through a replica graphite mine which would have served as the source of the pencil industry over three centuries ago.

A journey of graphite and pencil discovery from its humble beginnings as a cottage industry. Travel to cumbria in the united kingdom where workers at the derwent pencil factory established in 1832 work together to create graphic pencils color pencils watercolor pencils and other artists products this wonderfully detailed derwent promotional video takes us through every step of how pencils are made today from mixing pigments to testing quality to woodwork painting and packaging. With recycling schemes for our office and factory staff re use of rainwater smart lighting and our own biomass boiler for heating everyone in the factory is. The business began in 1832 in cumberland under the name of banks son co.

The derwent pencil factory is much more than a standard factory. Derwent pencil museum derwent art partners corporate social responsibility. Mix and match your pencils save 10. Permanent highly lightfast opaque pens.