On April 1, 2008 Staedtler posted a brief press release on the 170 year history of made in Germany. Among other things the press release discusses the origin of the Mars brand's blue color and helmet logo.

Most people using the Pencils.com site already know that Henry David Thoreau was a pencil manufacturer in addition to being a famous author and pencil user.

The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.

There are other interesting post's about Thoreau's pencil makeing efforts including: