The company and the brand LAMY

Around the world the LAMY brand stands for high-quality designer writing instruments with a timelessly modern aesthetic and perfect functionality. In 1966, the LAMY 2000 model established the clear, unmistakable design language that still characterises the style of all the brand's products today - the LAMY design.

Since its foundation in 1930, LAMY has been consistently committed to Heidelberg as its only production site, thus guaranteeing consistently high quality "Made in Germany". The brand is now represented in more than 80 countries with over 15,600 sales outlets worldwide, including around 200 mono-brand stores.

The company continues to set trends, not just through its annual special editions and has inspired writing enthusiasts around the world with its innovative colours and surface finishes. In this way, LAMY continues to reinvent itself and proves that a writing instrument is more than just an everyday object: it is a genuine lifestyle accessory which expresses the pleasures of writing by hand and highlights the individuality of the owner.

Since February 2024, the Heidelberg-based company has been part of the Japanese stationery company Mitsubishi Pencil Company, which was founded in 1887 and is behind the internationally renowned uni brand.

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Family business

As a globally successful family business, being down-to-earth is a central anchor for us in a dynamically moving world.
For us being down-to-earth means acting responsibly and with vision. It stands for the origin and the togetherness in the company. Since 1966, conscious orientation towards our origins has been our compass for stability in the future.

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Quality

Quality as a holistic claim for every activity in the company – which is explicitly reflected in our products and in every department and activity. After all, the success of the LAMY brand is driven by the passion and commitment of all employees in the company.

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Design

Timeless, functional design whose convincing aesthetics have not been created by adding, but above all by reduction. We prove this visual and haptic quality time and again with products that have won numerous awards worldwide.

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Pioneering Spirits

The constant development of groundbreaking new designs and technical innovations has made LAMY what it is today: one of the world's most renowned writing instrument manufacturers. And to an internationally recognised lifestyle brand.

For LAMY, design is aspiration, identity and inspiration all at once.

The writing instruments from the Heidelberg-based company speak their own unmistakable design language. This makes them not simply fashionable, but always contemporary and therefore timeless.

This design philosophy was first formulated and realised in 1966 when the LAMY 2000 was launched – an icon in the world of fountain pens.

"Our aim is to develop a product that fulfils its function one hundred per cent and then to shape it in a way that makes its functionality and materiality visible and appeals to people."

Peter Utsch, Managing Director

Form follows function

The striking design, created by Gerd A. Müller, is characterised by its slim silhouette and the use of high-quality materials.

This fountain pen defined the design guidelines that are still valid today: reduced in form, but perfect in function. Ever since, all LAMY writing instruments have been based on this principle of functional design, be it a LAMY safari, a LAMY pico or a LAMY scala.

"We see our products as universal ‘thinking tools’ that help people express their thoughts, develop ideas and find solutions. They thereby contribute to a better understanding and shaping of the world."

Lasting

The timelessly contemporary aesthetics combined with the highest quality have always guaranteed lasting enjoyment of the products and thus their long-term use. The liberation from fashionable ornamentation and the consistent renunciation of all details that do not serve function ensure: LAMY writing instruments are not disposable products. 

They accompany people for years and decades of their lives. LAMY writing instruments have always been more than just perfectly designed products in terms of shape and technology. They are important companions for millions of people because they are not only used for everyday writing tasks, but also help capture, shape and make thoughts tangible, whether through writing, drawing or painting.

Quality

The LAMY design is also inextricably linked with uncompromising quality standards. The company has always ensured this by manufacturing at its Heidelberg site using a combination of state-of-the-art technology and traditional craftsmanship. Every detail is carefully checked and processed to ensure that each writing instrument functions perfectly and is aesthetically pleasing. 

Even in times of increasing internationalisation, LAMY writing instruments are manufactured exclusively in Germany and thus stand for the highest quality and design worldwide – simply “Made in Germany”.

Made in Germany

We are a company from Heidelberg and are one of the leading German manufacturers of writing instruments.

Design

According to the Bauhaus principle “form follows function”, design for us is a holistic approach that goes beyond pure product design.

Quality

From technology and materials to production, our high quality standards run through the entire value chain.

Thinking tools

Our tools for writing, drawing and painting help to create new forms of expression and make thoughts tangible.