Dixon Ticonderoga remains the required pencil company for some U.S. schools, including some in the District of Columbia, according to school supply lists. Major U.S. retailers stock boxes of sharpened ...

The famous yellow Dixon Ticonderoga pencil, which we have all used many times at school and at home, was invented by a Marbleheader. Joseph Dixon was born in Marblehead in 1799. He was the son of a ...

Dixon Ticonderoga sold millions of the iconic No. 2 yellow pencils American children took back to school this month.

Office and art supplies company Dixon Ticonderoga sells millions of its iconic No. 2 yellow pencils to American children heading back to school every year. But the 223-year-old firm has survived by ...

Dixon Ticonderoga, the more than 100-year-old pencil and arts products company based at Heathrow in Lake Mary, will close its Versailles, Mo., manufacturing plant by the end of the year. Dixon was ...

In spite of the consumer love affair with high-tech tablets and other digital devices, people are still enthusiastic about making their mark using low-tech, graphite-lead pencils. That gave pencil ...

May 8 (Reuters) - Pencil maker Dixon Ticonderoga, which is owned by Italian group Fila, agreed to buy U.S.-based school art and craft products supplier Pacon Group for $340 million. Pacon deal is ...

Now that school has begun, take a look at your child's (or your own) yellow pencil. Likely it boasts the name Dixon Ticonderoga on its shaft. Take it as a reminder that graphite mining once made a ...