Reynolds Pens India Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian manufacturing company of writing instruments, mainly pens, currently headquartered in Andheri, Mumbai. The company was established in 1945 by Milton Reynolds in New York City.
Products commercialized under the Reynolds name include ballpoint, gel, rollerball, and fountain pens, and mechanical pencils.
History
In June 1945, Chicago businessman Milton Reynolds was in Buenos Aires, Argentina, when he came across the first commercialized ballpoint, the Biro pen.[2]
In October 1945, Milton was able to reverse engineer the Biro pen and was the first to manufacture and sell ballpoint pens into the US market. "Reynolds Rocket" pen was introduced at Gimbel’s department store in New York City, selling $100,000 worth of pens on the first day.[2] Demand in 1945 was running 30,000 pens per day, making it America's #1 ballpoint pen.