There is a well-known anecdote about the company's founder and famous inventor of the modern ink pen, Lewis Edson Waterman, who worked as an insurance salesman in New York. .It is said that one time his ink pen leaked and accidentally soiled one contract. However, by the time he drew up another contract, his competitors had already taken away the business, and he lost an important profit as a result. Opportunity. In order to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, Wei Diwen invented a modern ink pen. This ink pen is equipped with a new ink supply device, and all this was done by using a knife, saw and file as tools on the dining table. Carefully crafted on a lathe.

This celebrity anecdote with a strong romantic color was probably made up by Wei Diwen himself. But Wydman did have a hard time as an insurance salesman. But long before his famous "invention," he had been in the ink pen business for a long time. He had already seen the great potential of the ink pen and in 1883 he opened a store at 136 Fulton Street in New York City. He assembled ink pens from parts provided to him by local odd-job workers and then sold them himself. He and his regular customer Asa Shipman formed the Ideal Pen Co. in 1884. However, the partnership soon broke up and Wyddyne took control of the property at 10 Murray Street. This was all before his memorable first invention patent was granted on November 4, 1884. Weidiwen has such great trust in the quality of his products that he was the first to offer a 5-year warranty. He promoted his ink pen 8we as the best product and vigorously promoted it in advertisements. Advertising and promotion helped the company grow steadily, with approximately 200 ink pens sold in 1884, 500 in 1885, and by 1900, sales reached 1,000 per day.

Widiwen Company has maintained its unique vitality in the next 30 years. The company hired a jewelry company in Heath, New Jersey, to plate the surface of the precious metal ink pens with fine carvings. There are a wide variety of these exquisitely crafted Wedivin ink pens in different styles. The Welden Company did not hire Heath for as long as the Parker Company, and soon trained its own lapidaries and introduced many unique new designs. They also offer a wide range of top-quality gel ink pens, from the world's smallest pen the size of a matchstick to the Giant 20 pen. The pens stole the show in the company's advertising and product displays. The company's products use several ink-filling devices, including dropper-style and safety-retractable pens. When various manufacturers began to compete to produce automatic water-absorbing ink pens with capsules inside, in 1915 the Weidiwen Company began to experiment with pump-type, sleeve-type and coin box-type water filling devices, and finally decided to use a lever-type water filling device. device.

Widiwen has been acquired by Parker, and its reputation is not inferior to that of Parker Montblanc. Time Event

1883 The first Weidi pen was born.

1884 Wyndham registered "the Regular".

1886 First "chased".

1890 The first pointed fountain pen is launched.

1892 A new model with a spindle is launched. 1898 Fountain pen with hexagonal markings produced.

1899 Launched a 14K gold extra thick pen nib.

1900 Won the Gold Medal of Excellence at the World Pen Exhibition in Paris.

1901 Mr. Whitman passed away at the age of 64.

1903 Pump-type ink suction system introduced.

1905 Contveit signed the Treaty of Portsmouth using standard 18-point Weidi pen.

1907 The "safety pen" is introduced.

1908 Use sleeve type water absorption method.

1913 uses coin-type water absorption.

1917 Whitman moved to Broadway.

1919 Roy George signs the Treaty of Versailles with an extraordinary solid gold Weedy pen.

1923 The dashing Ripple Rubber fountain pen is launched.

1926 Jules Falga establishes his own company and produces Weidi pens in France.

1927 The Welden Company invented the ink refill.

1929 The Noble Series was born for the first time - marking a new era of art at that time.

1937 The new Hundred Year fountain pen is launched.

1940 Due to World War II, Welden produced pure steel nibs.

1947 The American Welden Company continues operations and launches new luxury fountain pens.

1953 The famous CF new model is launched.

In 1954, the American Weidiwen Company closed down, and the French Weidiwen Company became the only company in the world that produced Weidiwen pens.

In 1960, the French company Weidiwen used the Weidiwen trademark.

In 1963, the French company Weidiwen launched a new ballpoint pen refill called "Maxima".

1971 The French company Vidvin obtained the registered trademark in the United States and launched a fountain pen for school children with a steel nib.

1972 The French company Weidiwen acquired the company in the UK and registered it in COMMONWEALTH in the UK.

1974 Created a new pen "Gentleman".

1992 Launched "Aichen" - a new chapter in writing instruments.

Joined Newell Group in 2001