Platinum Pen Company

Platinum Pen Company

A Platinum Izumo fountain pen
Industry	Stationery
Founded	1919; 106 years ago (1919)
Founder	Shunichi Nakata
Headquarters	Taitō, Tokyo , Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Writing implements
Website	platinum-pen.co.jp

The Platinum Pen Company is a Japanese pen manufacturer based in Taitō, Tokyo known for the introduction in 1956 of the world’s first cartridge type fountain pen, and in 1967 for the first fountain pen with a platinum nib.[1]

History

It was founded by Shunichi Nakata in 1919.[2] In 1924 the business was known as Nakaya Seisakusho and was based in Ueno, Tokyo.

In 1942 the company was primarily focused for the Tokyo Weapons Company involved in the manufacture of fighter planes. The pen business Nakaya Seisakusho was renamed Platinum Fountain Pen Company Ltd. This changed in 1952 to Platinum Industry Company after a challenge from a British company of the same name,[3] but reverted in 1962.

Later the business moved to Taitō, Tokyo, where it remains. Production is in Shanghai, China.

Products

A Platinum 3776 Century pen

Fountain pens

Platinum’s flagship model is the 3776, which launched in 1978. The number is the height in metres of Mount Fuji. The President line launched in 1994, and the Izumo line in 2010.

References

1. "History". Platinum Pen Company. Platinum Pen Company. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
2. Marmoulides, Jim (5 May 2017). "Manufacturers". PenHero Quarterly. 1 (2). Jim Mamoulides: 97. ISBN 9780999051009.
3. "Japs Promise". Daily Express. England. 2 May 1952. Retrieved 13 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.