Edding

edding AG is a German company manufacturing writing and marking tools such as felt-tip pens and permanent markers. The company's products are immensely popular in Europe, leading to the brand name "Edding" being widely used as a generic name for permanent markers. edding AG was founded in 1960 in Hamburg by Carl-Wilhelm Edding and Volker Detlef Ledermann. At that time they started with a start-up capital of just 500 Deutsche Mark. In 1965 they established the group brand planMASTER and started to sell products for planning and visual communication. By the end of 1970, almost 100 million edding felt- and fibre-tipped pens had been sold across the world. Eight years later the Group presented its first ever paint marker with an opaque, which is suitable even on darker surfaces.