Sheaffer

Sheaffer Pen & Art Supply Co.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryWriting instruments
Founded1912 (1912)
FounderWalter A. Sheaffer
Headquarters,
Area served
International
Key people
Tim Williams (General Manager)
ProductsFountain and ballpoint pens, ink
$ 36 million
Number of employees
250
ParentWilliam Penn Pvt. Ltd
Websitesheaffer.com

Sheaffer Pen Corporation (/ˈʃfər/) is an American manufacturing company of writing instruments, particularly luxury fountain pens. The company was founded by Walter A. Sheaffer in Fort Madison, Iowa, and incorporated in 1913 to exploit his invention of a lever-filling fountain pen. The brand was sold by French company Bic to A. T. Cross Company in August, 2014. In August, 2022 the brand was sold to and is currently owned by William Penn Private Limited, a multi-brand retailer and distributor of writing instruments and accessories.