Manufacturer of pencils, colored pencils, wax crayons, paints and office supplies with Austrian industrial tradition since 1863

Brevillier Urban & Sachs GmbH & Co KG

Vienna (Head office) · Hirm (Office & Production) · Graz (Production)New on Amplifa

1900Founded (merger; stationery production since 1863)

3Locations in Austria

1983Continuation as stationery factory after insolvency

About Brevillier Urban & Sachs

Brevillier Urban & Sachs is an Austrian manufacturer of writing, drawing and office products headquartered in Vienna with production in Hirm (Burgenland) and Graz. The product portfolio comprises pencils, colored pencils, wax crayons, paints and office supplies such as staplers, which are distributed worldwide under the brands JOLLY, SAX, Brevillier's Cretacolor and BIBA. The stationery production dates back to 1863, when pencils were first produced as part of what was then a screw factory. In 1925, the Zeus Bleistiftfabrik AG was acquired and production was concentrated at the Zeus plant in Graz-Gösting; the early 20th century was characterized by up to 5,000 employees of the group, which was oriented overall towards metal goods and screws. After the insolvency of the entire company in 1983, the stationery division was continued as an independent company, and in 2007 it merged with the office supplies manufacturer Heinrich Sachs KG to form today's Brevillier Urban & Sachs GmbH & Co KG. The formulations of pencils, wax crayons and paints were adapted in line with revised requirements of the Toy Safety Regulation.

Site: Hirm
Processes: Manufacture of pencils, colored pencils, wax crayons, paints and office supplies (staplers), Worldwide distribution
Materials: Pencils, Colored pencils, Wax crayons, Paints (water-based paints), Office supplies
Founded: 1900 (merg
Industries: Stationery, Office supplies, Art supplies

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Manufacture of pencils, colored pencils, wax crayons, paints
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Assembly/office supplies
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Worldwide distribution

Products & Manufacturing

Bleistifte

Pencils

Core product group produced since 1863, today under the brands JOLLY and Brevillier's Cretacolor.

Buntstifte

Colored pencils

The Jolly colored pencils, created in 1965, made the company well known in Austria.

Wachskreiden

Wax crayons

Formulations were adapted in accordance with revised requirements of the Toy Safety Regulation.

Farben

Paints (water-based paints)

Production of paints for the art and school supplies sector.

Büroartikel

Office supplies

Staplers under the SAX brand, including the well-known Frog model.

Locations

Hirm

Office & Production

Materials: Pencils, colored pencils, wax crayons, paints

Vienna

Head office

Graz

Production (according to Wikipedia)

Materials: Pencils

Products

**Jolly colored pencils**Finished goods · Stationery/art supplies

**Brevillier's Cretacolor**Finished goods · Art supplies

**Sax Design office supplies**Finished goods · Office supplies

**Jolly product range**Finished goods · Stationery

**Brevillier's Cretacolor product range**Finished goods · Art supplies

Inside the production

Industries

StationeryOffice suppliesArt supplies

Additional services

Manufacture of pencils, colored pencils, wax crayons, paints and office supplies (staplers)Worldwide distribution

History

1823
Karl Brevillier establishes a wood and metal screw factory in Neunkirchen.
1848
Anton Urban founds A. Urban & Söhne in Vienna.
1863
Start of pencil production within the screw factory.
1900
Merger into Brevillier & Co. and A. Urban & Söhne; shortly before the First World War, 4,000 employees.
1925
Acquisition of Zeus Bleistiftfabrik AG and concentration of pencil production at the Zeus plant in Graz-Gösting.
1965
Creation of the Jolly colored pencils.
1983
Insolvency of the entire company; continuation of the stationery division as Brevillier-Urban Schreibwarenfabrik GmbH based in Graz.
2007
Merger with Heinrich Sachs KG to form Brevillier Urban & Sachs GmbH & Co KG.