Hindustan Pencils Limited is the largest Primary School Stationery manufacturing company in India.

Established in 1958, we have mastered the art of making high quality stationery products. With the latest machinery set up, today our state- of-the-art manufacturing units daily produce 5.6 million pencils, 1.2 million sharpeners, 2.3 million erasers, 0.16 million scales, 0.30 million pens.

All our products conform to European CE EN-71 safety standards.

We have always believed in manufacturing products of high quality. To be able to control quality better, we are backward integrated. Every little component like pencil lacquer, sharpener blades, screws etc, that goes into the making to our products, is produced in-house

In India our brands Apsara and Nataraj have emerged as household names. In other words, Hindustan Pencils Ltd. has come to personify quality at a competitive price.

Keeping up with our mission statement 'Delighting consumers with globally recognize stationery' we are at present exporting our products to over 30 countries

Our Mission Delighting consumers with globally recognized stationery.

Quality Policy Hindustan Pencils is committed to manufacture and market quality products of international standards at competitive prices, in the stationery field. Constant effort will be made by the company to meet international safety standards and to prevent degradation of the environment.

Environment Policy Constant effort will be made by the company in improving processes and maximizing utilization of inputs to prevent degradation of environment. All ingredients used by the company are non-toxic in nature. Wood being one of the main inputs for pencils, efforts are being made to develop plantations to ensure renewal of this precious natural resource. Research & Development efforts are also being made to switch over to eco-friendly water based lacquers and PVC-free formulations. manufacture: Given that enduring reliability is the hallmark of our products, understandably, they are manufactured using the most stringent quality controls backed by years of research and development. Our 10 factories at 5 locations in India employ the latest in technology and the best of raw materials to grant to our products the quality, so ingrained in our product development philosophy. Besides developing the machines for manufacture indigenously, every component that goes into the making of our products are produced in-house.

Our concern for the environment has led us to grow our own trees to satisfy our requirements for wood, an essential ingredient in pencil manufacture. This practice in turn ensures an uninterrupted supply of wood of consistent quality from our own plantations. All said and done, the outcome of our manufacturing process are products that offer our customers excellent "value for money".

Pencils Manufacture The 'pencil', derived from the Latin word penicillum, seems humble enough to be hurriedly put together in one's backyard. In this aspect, the simplicity of the pencil is truly misleading. The common pencil uses about 40 different raw materials, the basic ones being wood, graphite and clay. The indigenously grown wood brought specifically from the state of Jammu and Kashmir, is first cut into slats that are as long as but only half the width of the pencil. The slats are then subjected to wood staining and grooves are cut into the slats.

Next, the lead, which is a mixture of micronised graphite and ball clay, is

dried and inserted into these grooves. The leads are bonded, shaped and compressed to ensure that they are breakage resistant and long lasting. Each of these slats with lead is then stuck together with another slat without lead to complete the pencil. Once the pencil is created through this "sandwich" method, they are then meticulously shaped, lacquered and printed as per requirement.

The process results in bonded lead pencils of high calibre, about 18 cms long that can draw a line 55 kms long and on an average write about 45,000 words. The pencils that write smooth and dark are tipped at one end to indicate the end that has to be sharpened, ensuring maximum utilization. Every stage of the process is executed with maximum controls and quality checks to ensure that the product is truly world-class. distribution: Our large manufacturing capacity at 5 locations across India is backed by an impressive distribution network, which ensures that our products find their way to every household in India.

31 Depots/Main Stockists, 2,500 distributors, 2,25,000 retail outlets and a formidable field force complete the supply chain.

Our depots are spread across the length and breadth of the country and are located at Ahmedabad, Ambala, Bangalore, Bhivandi, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Delhi, Dehradun, Goa, Guwahati, Ghaziabad, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu, Kochi, Lucknow, Madurai, Nashik, Nagpur, Pabhat, Parwanoo, Patna, Pune, Ranchi, Raipur, Sewree, Varanasi and Vijayawada. global sales: Our commitment to quality, competitive pricing and our enormous manufacturing capacities have carried our products well beyond Indian shores.

At present, we export to over 32 countries which includes UAE, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Argentina, Kenya, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Oman, Syria, Bahrain, Mauritius, Australia and many more.