The Pencil Factory’s had a tough last year, what with the default by the owner and the work stoppage. All hope is not lost, though. Curbed notes that the condo listings popped back up on the radar ...

While the 1950s saw more than 20 pencil manufacturing plants, several like Dixon Ticonderoga, which closed its Jersey City, New Jersey, plant in 1999, no longer have plants in the United States. In ...

A batch of graphite has just been delivered to this pencil factory in Germany. Once it’s been thoroughly mixed with clay, it’s ready to go into production, with around 550 pounds of the stuff making ...