Faber-Castell have generously supported NCBI's Spex Day campaign since it's first year in 2009.

Their donation of school supplies for participating schools and prize hampers for our national competition has helped to make Spex Day a huge success.

• Faber-Castell are celebrating their 250th birthhday this year
• They produce over 2 billion black-lead and colour pencils every year
• The company has been passed on to eight generations
• The Faber-Castell castle is in Stein, near Nuremburg, in Germany
• The Irish Faber-Castell office is based in Fermoy Co. Cork

• Count A.W. von Faber-Castell is "eco manager of the year 2008"
• 80% of the wood for Faber-Castell pencils grows in its own FSC certified forests
• 30% of forest left as natural woodland to encourage endagered indigenous flora and fauna
• Faber-Castell is a pioneering company in environmentally compatible water-based paint for pencils