Tombow Pencil Co.,Ltd. (株式会社トンボ鉛筆, Kabushiki-gaisha Tonbo Enpitsu) is a Japanese manufacturer of pens and pencils and other stationery. The company was founded in 1913 as Messrs Tombow and has since grown into an international business. Based in Tokyo with 398 employees (2010), Tombow also has two overseas production facilities in Thailand and Vietnam. Tombow Thailand is the first overseas factory of Tombow with 425 employees (December 2007) and 6,480 square meters building area.