Société Bic is a company based in Clichy, France, founded in 1945, best known for making disposable products including lighters, magnets, ballpoint pens, shaving razors and watersports products. It competes in most markets against Faber-Castell, Global Gillette, Newell Rubbermaid and Stabilo. The BIC pen, more correctly titled the BIC Cristal, was the company's first product and over fifty years later is still synonymous with the name BIC.
Ownership
The Bich family owns about 40% of Bic stock and controls 55% of its voting power. The company is rumored to be up for sale and CPG powerhouse Proctor & Gamble is said to be interested in obtaining BIC
BIC sponsored a professional cycling team in the 1960s, led by the French winner of the Tour de France, Jacques Anquetil.
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