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Description: THE History of Gel Pens In Japan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message Me For Any Issue: Facebook Page:- facebook.com/top10informations Twitter:-https://twitter.com/TopTenInfor SUBSCRIBE:-https://goo.gl/F6pHMw Edited By : Noor Khan & Salahu Khan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You have likely heard the saying that the “Pen is mightier than the sword”. But few people know that the pen can be more precious than gold. The global-pen-market is worth around $15 billion, with around 15 million pens sold each day. Today, we are specifically talking about Gel-Pens. Its ink is simply a suspension of pigment in a water-based gel. In scientific terms, the pigments are typically copper phthalocyanine and iron oxides, and the gel is made up of water and biopolymers. And you should care about this science because these pens can run ink approximately 1 kilometre in distance, and can write more than 45,000 words before getting dried up. So, what is the story of Gel-pen? And why does it exist? This story begins in the 1980s in Japan, when pen-manufacturing was too competitive and the least profitable business for Osaka-based company, “Sakura Color Products.” To improve the financial condition of the company, they heavily funded Research & Development in hopes of bringing a brand-new product to the market. In 1984, they flooded the market with the Gel-pen worldwide. The pen was sold with the brand name “Ballsign-280” in Japan, while in the US it was sold as “Gelly Roll”. These new pens used highly viscous water-based ink with more concentration of pigments that used gravity to work. The written-texts from gel-pen were more visible and bolder than other pens on the market, and the pens were therefore used primarily for writing or illustration purposes. In addition to this, these gel-pens came in 11 regular colors, and 14 hues of metallic glitters. With features like this, it was no wonder they took the world by storm and continue to be used to this day. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thumbnail: Nick Amoscato : Colored Gel Pens