Pencil manufacturing in Iran goes back to 1966, in which Medad Iran Co.(MIC) was established. The factory became operative in 1972, and had max. up to 50% of its capacity in those years.

In 1980, the Assim group bought the company, and the production reached to its highest level of 650,000 gross in 1985.

In 1991, MIC made a license agreement with Staedtler Germany for making graphite and colored pencils, which is still going on.

The total consumption of pencils in Iran is about 1.8 million gross per year, a third being manufactured by MIC, and the remaining by four other companies, and also imports.

The most famous graphite pencil now being used is "CAMEL", a brand of Staedtler manufactured by MIC.

Mansour Assim
MEDAD IRAN Co.