Herlitz

Herlitz
Company typeAktiengesellschaft
Brand (2005–present)
IndustryStationery
Founded1904 (1904) in Berlin
FounderCarl Herlitz and Günter Herlitz
Defunct2005
FateAcquired by Stationery Products S.à.r.l. in 2005, then sold to Pelikan in 2009
HeadquartersHanover, Germany
Key people
Loo Hooi Keat (President)
Productsoffice supplies and Stationery
Revenue 197.1 million (2012)
OwnerPelikan
Number of employees
1,335 (FTE, 2012)
SubsidiariesSusy Card
Websiteherlitz.de

Herlitz PBS AG is a former German manufacturing company originally based in Berlin. It produced a wide range of products for office and school uses. The company expanded to about 3,000 customers throughout Europe, with 1,335 employees as of 2012.

After several financial problems, Herlitz was taken over by Luxembourg company Stationery Products S.à.r.l. in 2005, then becoming part of Pelikan, which now owns the Herlitz brand.