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created on: 30/03/2023
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Montblanc is a brand name used by Montblanc International GmbH, a German manufacturer and distributer of luxury goods, founded in Berlin in 1906, and currently based in Hamburg.
The company is most known for its luxury pens and also designs and distributes bags, small leather goods, and watches. Since 1993, Montblanc International GmbH has been part of the Swiss Richemont group.

A Hamburg banker, Alfred Nehemias, and a Berlin engineer, August Eberstein, produced simple pens in 1906. After a short period of time Wilhelm Dziambor, Christian Lausen, and later Claus Johannes Voss took over the business. Their first model was the Rouge et Noir in 1909 followed in 1910 by the pen that was later to give the company its new name, Montblanc. The Meisterstück name (lit.?'Masterpiece', the name used for export) was used for the first time in 1924. Today, the Montblanc brand is on other goods besides pens, including watches, jewelry, fragrances, leather goods, and eyewear.

The company was founded in 1906 as Simplizissiumus-Füllhalter in Berlin, and in 1907, moved to Hamburg and changed its name to Simplo Filler Pen Co. GmbH; it was incorporated under that name in 1908. Its current name was adopted in 1934.

Montblanc was acquired by Alfred Dunhill Ltd. in 1977, following which lower price pens were dropped, and the brand was used on a wide range of luxury goods other than pens.

In 1993, Montblanc became part of the Swiss Richemont group. Its sister companies include luxury brands Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Chloé, and Baume et Mercier. Montblanc is owned, through Richemont, by the South African Rupert family.

A trademark identified with Montblanc is the white stylized six-pointed snowcap with rounded edges, representative of the Mont Blanc snowcap from above, the symbol being adopted in 1913.
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Brand name used by [1977 - 1993] : Alfred Dunhill Ltd.
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Brand name used by [1993 -] : Compagnie Financière Richemont SA
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Brand name used by : Montblanc International GmbH
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Submitted by : bob (9189)
on : 30/03/2023
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Last updated on: 30/03/2023