The Shanghai Hero Pen Company () is a Chinese
manufacturing company which is popular for its Hero ()
fountain pens
A fountain pen is a writing instrument which uses a metal nib to apply a water-based ink to paper. It is distinguished from earlier dip pens by using an internal reservoir to hold ink, eliminating the need to repeatedly dip the pen in an ink ...
. It was founded in 1931 as the "Wolff Pen Manufacturing Company" (), and was renamed in 1966 to the current name. Hero is commonly referred to as "Huáfú" which is the Hanyu Pinyin transliteration of the firm's abbreviated original Chinese name.
The Shanghai Hero Fountain Pen is currently a
subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company. Two or more subsidiaries that either belong to the same parent company or having a ...
of the Shanghai Hero Group Co. Ltd., which owns ten stationery companies and more than 100
trademark
A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies products or services from a particular source and distinguishes them from ot ...
s in China.
Overview
By the 1990s, the company's Hero brand fountain pens had earned a reputation in China as the best in the country.
Hero pens were also popular internationally during the 1980s and 1990s and remain especially desirable among users of fountain pens in India.
Some of its brands of fountain pens include Hero, Wing Sung, Lucky, Huafu, Xinming, Guanleming, Xinhua, and Gentleman. The design of some of its Hero pens, such as the Hero 616 or Hero 100, resemble that of the
Parker 51
The Parker 51 is a fountain pen first introduced in 1941. Parker marketed it as “The World’s Most Wanted Pen,” a slogan alluding to restrictions on production of consumer goods for civilian markets in the United States during World War II.
...
, a popular American-made pen.
Hero fountain pens were very popular in India from the 1970s to 1990s. Popular models included the Hero 329, Hero 221 Hero 233 and the higher-end Hero 100. These pens used an aerometric ink filling system, though modern variants of the Hero 100 use a standard international cartridge-converter.
References
External links
Official website(archived, 4 August 2019)
Manufacturing companies established in 1931
Fountain pen and ink manufacturers
Manufacturing companies based in Shanghai
Chinese brands
Chinese companies established in 1931
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