Grumbacher Competitors

Faber-Castell is one of the world’s leading companies for high-quality products for writing, drawing and creative design as well as decorative cosmetic products. With more than two billion pencils and coloured pencils per year and around 6,500 employees, Faber-Castell is the world’s leading manufacturer of wood-cased pencils. Nowadays the company is represented in over 120 countries and has its own production sites in ten countries as well as sales companies in 22 countries. Founded in 1761, Faber-Castell is one of the oldest industrial companies in the world and has been owned by the same family for nine generations. The company owes its leading position on the international market to its traditional commitment to the highest quality, its environmental leadership and the large number of product innovations.

Golden Artist Colors is a successful, employee-owned company that has produced some of the industry’s best artists’ paints and paint products for more than 30 years. Situated in beautiful New Berlin, New York, GAC was selected by Inc. magazine as “2011 Top Small Company Workplaces,” thanks in part to its focus on creating a strong community that extends from its workplace to the artists it serves. Golden Artist Colors manufactures GOLDEN Artist Acrylics, Williamsburg Artist Oil Colors, QoR Artist Watercolors, PanPastel Artist Pastels, and Golden Paintworks decorative paints.

Since 1915, at Caran d’Ache - a swiss family owned company – we have perpetuated with passion the art of writing and drawing. In the long tradition of Swiss quality, we design, develop and manufacture our products - which proudly bear the “Swiss made” label - in our workshops in Geneva, Switzerland. We have developed precious knowledge combining expertise from almost 90 different crafts under the same roof. Our love for Fine Art is expressed through colour pencils, graphite pencils, pastels or gouache. They provide the utmost enjoyment for everyone - young and less young, budding and professional artists. As for the Fine Writing, our lines feature limited editions fountain pens, mechanical pencils and pens sculpted out of the finest of materials. Caran d'Ache's luxury collections are an expression of the extensive talents of our master craftspeople – talents that transform the art of writing into a daily pleasure. Showing great concern for the environment, we have always placed sustainable development, and thus respect for human beings, at the very heart of our philosophy. Our mission at Caran d’Ache is to produce the best quality respectfully of the environment. We consider the impact of our activities and the longevity of our products at every level of the company. To reinforce our values, we have been a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact since 2018. This compact is based on human rights, labour rights, environmental protection and the fight against corruption. We are fully committed to continue to integrate them into our corporate strategy and culture, as well as our daily operating and business practices. We are recognised all around the world for our Swiss excellence and a key reference for numerous artists and designers around the globe. To bring our creative education values to life, we are committed to providing teachers with artistic training and supports supports promising young talents.