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\u00c0 l’origine : peintures et encres (1838)<\/h2>

Carl Hornemann cr\u00e9e la premi\u00e8re usine de la marque en 1838 \u00e0 Hanovre, en Allemagne. Au d\u00e9part, la production est compos\u00e9e de peintures et d’encres.<\/p>\n

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Les origines de Pelikan au XIXe<\/sup> si\u00e8cle.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

G\u00fcnther Wagner et la marque au p\u00e9lican<\/h2>

G\u00fcnther Wagner, ing\u00e9nieur chimiste et personnage cl\u00e9 du d\u00e9veloppement de la marque, prend le contr\u00f4le de l’entreprise en 1871. La marque est enregistr\u00e9e le 27 novembre 1878, avec \u00e0 l’origine un logo repr\u00e9sentant un p\u00e9lican dans son nid, entour\u00e9 de trois poussins.<\/p>\n

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Affiche ancienne \u00ab Pelikan-Tinte \u00bb \u2014 G\u00fcnther Wagner, Hannover \u00b7 Wien.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

L’essor international sous Fritz Beindorff<\/h2>

D\u00e8s les ann\u00e9es 1890, l’entreprise conna\u00eet une croissance rapide, port\u00e9e en grande partie par Fritz Beindorff, qui lui ouvre les portes de l’international \u2014 en Europe centrale dans un premier temps. En 1895, il prend la direction de l’entreprise, apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9pous\u00e9 l’une des filles de G\u00fcnther Wagner.<\/p>

Outre la production de stylos, il d\u00e9veloppe d’autres branches d’activit\u00e9 connexes : l’estampage, la copie, l’effacement, la colle \u00e0 papier, et se lance \u00e9galement dans la production d’encre de Chine, qui deviendra c\u00e9l\u00e8bre par la suite.<\/p>

Les premiers stylos-plume (ann\u00e9es 1920)<\/h2>

Dans les ann\u00e9es 1920, l’entreprise d\u00e9marre la production de ses premiers stylos-plume. Ceux-ci sont d’abord \u00e0 piston manuel, aspirant peu d’encre et peu pratiques. Par la suite, Theodor Kov\u00e1cs invente un nouveau syst\u00e8me de piston \u00e0 engrenage diff\u00e9rentiel et chambres de compensation, bien plus performant.<\/p>

Les premiers mod\u00e8les c\u00e9l\u00e8bres sont la s\u00e9rie des 100 N<\/strong> et 101 N<\/strong> \u2014 des mod\u00e8les assez courts, \u00e0 pompe \u2014 produits principalement en noir, brun, rouge, ainsi qu’en \u00e9caille de tortue ou l\u00e9zard.<\/p>

La gamme Souver\u00e4n (ann\u00e9es 1960)<\/h2>

Dans les ann\u00e9es 1960, l’entreprise cr\u00e9e la gamme Souver\u00e4n<\/strong>. \u00c0 l’origine, une partie du corps est en r\u00e9sine stri\u00e9e, en r\u00e9f\u00e9rence au chancelier Stresemann, qui portait tr\u00e8s souvent des costumes ray\u00e9s ; ce motif si particulier restera par la suite la signature de la marque.<\/p>

D’un design \u00e9l\u00e9gant, la gamme Souver\u00e4n est d\u00e9clin\u00e9e en diff\u00e9rentes tailles (M200, M300, M400, M600, M800 et M1000) ; \u00e0 l’\u00e9poque, elle \u00e9tait destin\u00e9e \u00e0 concurrencer les Montblanc Meisterst\u00fcck. Vert stri\u00e9 et noir au d\u00e9part, elle a ensuite \u00e9t\u00e9 propos\u00e9e, pour certaines versions, en bleu et en rouge.<\/p>

S\u00e9ries sp\u00e9ciales et \u00e9ditions prestigieuses<\/h2>

La marque a ensuite d\u00e9clin\u00e9 sa gamme en s\u00e9ries sp\u00e9ciales, le plus souvent sur la base des M600 ou M800 : Wall Street, Shanghai, Demonstrator, Blue Ocean, Golden Dynasty, Toledo, Hunting ou encore White Ray.<\/p>

La firme se lance aussi bien dans la production de mod\u00e8les \u00ab entr\u00e9e de gamme \u00bb destin\u00e9s aux \u00e9coliers \u2014 le Pelikano<\/strong> \u2014 que dans des versions prestigieuses, comme celle en hommage aux Sept Merveilles du monde. Cette \u00e9dition limit\u00e9e comprend sept mod\u00e8les : la pyramide de Kh\u00e9ops \u00e0 Gizeh, le mausol\u00e9e d’Halicarnasse, le colosse de Rhodes, les jardins suspendus de Babylone, la statue de Zeus \u00e0 Olympie, le temple d’Art\u00e9mis \u00e0 \u00c9ph\u00e8se et le phare d’Alexandrie.<\/p>\n

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Affiche ancienne \u00ab Cintas Pelikan \u00bb \u2014 G\u00fcnther Wagner, Hannover \u00b7 Wien (1838).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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