The Dialog was designed by Franco Clivio. When closed, a ball valve seals the barrel to protect the nib. Twisting also causes the pen's clip to retract into the barrel. The Dialog is a cap-less fountain pen with twist action to expose the 14 carat gold nib. In addition to the fountain pen, the Safari, AL-star, LX and Vista lines are also available in a ballpoint, rollerball, and mechanical pencil configurations. In 2016, Lamy released a more expensive variant of their AL-star line called the LX that comes in five colors all named after precious metals, with the exception of the Marron special edition. The Vista line is a transparent demonstrator version and the AL-star features an anodized aluminum body and cap with a semi-transparent grip section. The pens are made primarily of ABS plastic and like the Lamy abc they all feature a non-rounded grip section optimized to be held with a 'tripod pen grip'. The Safari and the derived AL-star and Vista lines are all cartridge/converter filled and are intended for students and young writers. The Lamy Safari was designed by Wolfgang Fabian Īnd Bernt Spiegel of the Entwicklungsgruppe Mannheim Safari, AL-star, LX and Vista From top to bottom: Lamy Vista, Lamy Safari, and Lamy AL-star graphite The pen features a non round grip section optimized to be held with a 'tripod pen grip'. The body is normally made from maple wood and includes a name sticker in the cap to assist in identifying each student's pen. Lamy's abc beginner's fountain pen was designed by Bernt Speigel to be used by children while learning to write. The 2000 fountain pen model uses nibs of another type which is incompatible with Lamy's other fountain pen models. This roughening optimizes ink flow characteristics over the feed surface. The etching process causes micro surface scratches by removing styrene from the feed surface and ink channels. The feeds are made of ABS plastic and after injection molding are chemically etched with polyethylene glycol (PEG). Most use Fe- Ni- Cr stainless steel alloy Z 50 nibs which can be interchanged by the user. Many Lamy fountain pen models share the same type of feed and nib. The company refers to their products by prefixing "Lamy" in front of the descriptive name, such as "Lamy Scribble" (to avoid repetition, here only the descriptive name is used).įountain pens Lamy Z 50 nibs in front of a Lamy Nexx fountain pen 1999 showed Lamy reporting stable turnover of approximately 120 million DM, though domestic demand has fallen. Lamy invested in their "innovation workshop" in Heidelberg, in 1996, along with approximate expected turnover being 113 million DM. 1991 held an increase in staff and turnover again, this time to 85 million DM and five hundred staff. In that year, Lamy established contacts with East Germany and planned to do business there as well as in West Germany. Approximately one third of the then 400-person workforce became sleeping partners. Lamy had begun taking on employees as sleeping partners. In 1989, turnover increased to approximately 62 million DM. Turnover for Lamy increased to 48 million DM for 1987, then employing 350 people, increasing to 54 million DM in 1988 and a corresponding increase in staff to nearly 400. Lamy hoped to expand that export share to 50 percent of turnover, which stood at approximately 40 million Deutschmark (DM) for 1985. Export markets then consisted of the United States, Japan, and Austria. In 1986, Lamy, Montblanc, and Parker held among them 70–80 percent of the West German market. In 1984, newspapers reported that Lamy's export share increased to 33 percent of turnover. History The Lamy Development Centre in Heidelberg, Germany Products manufactured by Lamy include fountain, ballpoint pens, mechanical pencils, and ink. Lamy was run by Josef Lamy's son, Manfred, until his retirement in 2006. Lamy was a pioneer in the use of moulded synthetic plastics to make their products. Josef Lamy, who was a sales representative for Parker Pen in Germany, founded the business in 1930 by purchasing the Orthos pen manufacturer. Lamy ( / ˈ l ɑː m i, ˈ l æ m i/) is a German pen manufacturing company.
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