ANCORA 1919 pens

ANCORA 1919

«Ancora's» brand history is as one of the first Italian companies to produce pens. No doubt that «Ancora's» history is the history of its founder - Giuseppe Zanini, who in the early part of the twentieth century was able by having gained the necessary experience to realize his dream - to create perfect pens in his own factory.

It started at the beginning of the twentieth century, Giuseppe Zanini received a pen as a gift from a relative returning from America, who was known as a great enthusiast of mechanics. Zanini was taken with this writing device, its aesthetics and mechanics.
At that time a pen was considered a luxury item in the Italian market as they were brought from other countries, and hence were very expensive. Giuzeppe Zanini made a decision: notwithstanding the fact that at that time there was practically no existing pen market, nothing could prevent him from creating and developing the equipment necessary for production.

However, the technologies of that day could not provide Zanini
with the possibilities needed
for his projectdevelopment: There was neither the required materials
or the necessary equipment, and, thus, he had to assemble the products using imported components and accessories.
Technical experience was gathered as the years went by.
At the first economical opportunity Giuseppe Zanini himself developed a machine that enabled him to begin his own production.
By that moment he knew the entire production cycle, starting from pen writing ink filling system and up to writing technology.

In 1938 Illustrazione Italiana newspaper wrote as follows: "In our opinion, production of «Ancora» pens in Italy with the use of Italian equipment, Italian raw materials, and performed by Italian workers and engineers is their major advantage".
Finally Giuseppe Zanini courageously and purposefully rushed to his wish, this was in Sesto Calende on the shores of Lake Maggiore.
Zanini's products became widely known for their exceptionally high quality, he succeeded in his products sales market expansion as far as the territory of Europe and North America.
Nowadays, «Ancora» Pen Company has secured a substantial footing in the writing instruments market both in Italy and in numerous other countries.

At present, same as before, «Ancora» pen brand is associated with the best Italian traditions merged with the history of legendary pens.

The production site of «Ancora» pens is still located in Italy near Milan. A distinctive feature of the company is that it prefers to make nibs for pens by its own workers, on «Ancora» factory, using 18K gold.
The balance between modern technologies used in production and traditional decoration of pen barrels with precious metals, gemstones and handled sea shells lets «Ancora» create pieces of pure art that are so highly valued by the owners and collectioners all over the world.