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In 1918 the professor of the Tokyo College of trading navigation Riosuke Namiki (Ryosuke Namiki) has conceived to improve writing tools with which should daily and pomnogu use as him, and to its students and subordinates. The handle became a result of this long and laborious job perevaja. The history of the corporation which were called at that time «Industrial company NAMIKI» the same year begins. At the head of the company have risen the inventor - Riosuke Namiki and its colleague Masao Vada. In 1918 the professor of the Tokyo College of trading navigation Ryosuke Namiki (Ryosuke Namiki) has conceived to improve writing tools with which should daily and pomnogu use as him, and to its students and subordinates. The handle became a result of this long and laborious job perevaja. The history of the corporation which were called at that time «Industrial company NAMIKI» the same year begins. At the head of the company have risen the inventor - Ryosuke Namiki and its colleague Masao Vada.

Later 12 years, having won hearts of compatriots quality of production, company management make the decision on an exit on the world market. In 1926 NAMIKI opens branches in London, New York, Shanghai and Singapore. Same year the assortment of let out production replenishes, the company starts to let out and sell the first mechanical pencils and ink of own manufacture.

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Twenty years' anniversary the company has met with a new name - Pilot Pen (and after six decades, in 1989 it was renamed in Pilot Corporation). The name choice is quite explainable. All the most progressive and revolutionary in the beginning of 20 centuries has been connected with the sky. Conquest of air space was related to how the fearless mankind achieved transformation of the most reckless dreams into a reality. For corporation founders in the new name persevering advancement forward was covered.

In the middle of the fiftieth Pilot opens the regional companies worldwide - in Brazil, the USA, the Great Britain, Italy, Hong Kong, France, Taiwan, Indonesia, Germany, the republic of South Africa. In 1991 the representation in Russia has been opened.

So promptly company manufacture develops also: manufacture of markers with ink on an oil basis (1959), ball pens (1961), a computer punched tape (1964), written boards (1966), ball pens with ink on a water basis (1976) begins.

Today Japanese company PILOT CORPORATION is one of world leaders on manufacture of high-quality accessories to the letter. In corporation assortment handles, scooters, mechanical pencils, markers (on a water basis and permanent), tekstovydeliteli are widely presented, to an accessory to drawing and the calligraphies correcting means, glue, lastiki, boards of dry deleting and accessories to them. The enormous success which goods PILOT in the world use, is reached by the highest requirements to its quality. Experts of corporation carefully supervise all production phases, including working out and manufacture of own machine tools and tools. Absolutely all production PILOT passes the strict quality assurance at the modern factories which are in the different countries of the world.

Japanese as have not admitted true carriers of traditions, that founder Risuoke name was erased from memory of descendants. Today Namiki is division of company Pilot and is engaged in manufacture exclusive perevyh handles.

Perevye handles Maki-e make a basis of a collection of the company, and it is not casual, after all Namiki - the first company, in 1925 decided to use the traditional Japanese technics maki-e on handles. Each of these handles resembles an ancient Japanese varnish miniature. And that there are only one names of collections! Present, «the God of a thunder-storm against the god of a wind».

You will not find two identical handles Namiki Maki-e. The drawings decorating the cases and caps of handles, are executed by masters of the company manually. And some series are issued by the limited circulation.