Schmidt are a world leader in the technology behind manufacturing pen refills, and today they manufacture own brand, and Schmidt brand refills for companies all over the world. Founded in 1938 as a watch component supplier, by the early 1960's Schmidt decided to go into the manufacture of writing instruments, due to the high precision needed to make quality refills, with machines that they built themselves. This arm of the company grew itself to a point where today, they are a world leader in pen technology.
