Founded in 1945, BIC Corporation manufactures and sells a variety of stationery products. It offers more than 20 million products and is one of the largest manufacturers of ballpoint pens in the world. The company provides writing instruments and markers under the BIC, STYPEN and SHEAFFER brands and coloring and drawing products under the CONTE and BIC KIDS brands. BIC Corporation also offers electronic and utility writers and cases, as well as shavers for men and women. Its BIC Cristal ballpoint pens have entered the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art of New York at the Department of Architecture and Design.