Pelikan

Pelikan Holding AG
Company typeAktiengesellschaft
IndustryStationery
Founded28 April 1838 (1838-04-28) in Hanover
FounderCarl Hornemann
HeadquartersHanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Key people
Loo Hooi Keat (President)
Ho Ming Hon (Vice-President)
ProductsWriting implements, art materials, office goods
Brands
Revenue206,151,905.55 EUR (2015)
Total equity76,212  (2017)
Number of employees
1,854 (2015)
SubsidiariesMultiple (worldwide)
Websitepelikan.com

Pelikan Holding AG is a German manufacturing company of writing, office and art equipment. Credited with the invention of the differential-piston filling method, the original company was founded in Hanover in 1838 before it went bankrupt and restarted. Through a reverse takeover on 8 April 2005, Pelikan Holding AG is now an Aktiengesellschaft company (limited by shared ownership), part of the Pelikan Group GmbH.

Pelikan manufactures a wide range of products including writing implements, art materials and office goods.