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Viarco - Wikipedia

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Viarco - Indústria de Lápis, Lda.

Formerly	Vila Fé, Cacheux & Cª (1907–31) Vieira Araújo & Companhia, Lda (1931–70s) Viarco – Indústria de Lápis, Lda (1970s–present)
Company type	Lda.
Industry	art materials
Founded	1907; 117 years ago (1907) ^[1]
Founder	Conselheiro Figueiredo Faria Jules Cacheux
Headquarters	São João da Madeira , Portugal
Key people	Manoel Vieira Araújo ^[2]
Products	Pencils, putties and watercolor graphites, colored pencils, crayons, paints, accessories
Website	viarco.pt

Viarco - Indústria de Lápis, Lda. is a Portuguese manufacturing company based in São João da Madeira.^[3] Founded in 1907, Viarco is not only the oldest but the only pencil manufacturer in Portugal,^[4]^[5] having also remained as a familiar business.^[1]

Current products by Viarco include goods made of graphite (such as pencils, putties and watercolor), plus other art materials (colored pencils, crayons, paints).

History

The origin of pencil manufacture in Portugal dates back to 1907. Counselor Figueiredo Faria and his French partner and engineer Jules Cacheux make the decision to build an industrial pencil-making unit in Vila do Conde called "Vila Fé, Cacheux & Cª", also known as Portugália.^[2]

However, despite Portugália's success, its economic activity was greatly affected by Portugal's entry into World War I beyond the Great Depression from 1929 to 1931.

In 1931, Manoel Vieira de Araújo, an experienced industrialist in the headwear area and a notable entrepreneur from São João da Madeira, with the aim of expanding the company, acquires the factory Portugália. Portugália was, to date, the only Portuguese pencil factory. In 1936, the "Viarco" brand (an acronym for "Vieira Araújo & Comopania, Lda.) was registered.

As a family-owned company, The management of it was taken over by Antonio Vieira Araújo, one of Manoel's sons. The objectives were to stimulate and renew the pencil-making industry. Thus, the early years of the Viarco factory were dedicated to research, application of forms, renovation of facilities and improvement of production methods, in order to develop the manufacture of existing products as well as to extend the diversity of the manufacture of material.^[2]

In 1941, the factory facilities are moved from Vila do Conde, Porto to São João da Madeira, which was also the location of the headquarters of the company Vieira Araújo & Cª, Lda. Many employees of the Vila do Conde factory also made the decision to move to the new location of the industry.

By the 1970s, the factory became a limited liability company and was renamed to "Viarco – Indústria de Lápis, Lda".^[2]

Products

Apart from conventional products, Viarco manufactures some of its own creations, sold under the "ArtGraf" name. Those original goods include the "Nº 1", a soft graphite putty that allows users to shape the drawing tool according to their specific needs;^[6] the "Notebook", a rigid case similar to the homonymous electronic device, but containing a graphite art set inside.^[7]

The company also makes personalized pencils for companies, museums and retail shops, and has also released some vintage collections of pencils.^[8]

Type	Products
Graphite (ArtGraf series)	Graphite pencils, soft graphite putties, watercolor graphites, graphite sticks, art set cases
Art materials	Colored pencils, crayons, paints
Accessories	Bags, pencil cases

References

^ ^a ^b Portugal pencil factory creates new pencil-paint by Ruben Bicho on Reuters, May 23, 2007
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d History on Viarco website
^ "VIARCO - Company's History". VIARCO - Pencil Industry. Viarco - Indústria de Lápis, Lda. Archived from the original on November 16, 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
^ A LOOK AT PORTUGAL’S OLDEST (AND ONLY) PENCIL FACTORY by Kala Barba-Court on Plain magazine, March 9, 2017
^ São João da Madeira and industrial tourism on Visit Porto website
^ ArtGraf Nº 1 on Viarco
^ ArtGraf Notebook on Viarco
^ The Viarco Vintage Collection on Pencil Talk, 23 Feb 2017

External links

Official website

Art materials manufacturers and brands ¹

Soft	Prismacolor Sakura Sennelier Talens Winsor & Newton
Oil	Berol Caran d'Ache Daler-Rowney Deli Kokuyo Camlin M&G Stationery Monami Pentel

Pencils

Color	Berol Caran d'Ache Crayola Daler-Rowney Deli Derwent Faber-Castell Herlitz Koh-i-Noor Kokuyo Camlin Maped Monami Pentel Prismacolor Viarco Winsor & Newton
Graphite	Berol Caran d'Ache Faber-Castell Herlitz Koh-i-Noor Kokuyo Camlin M&G Stationery Musgrave Prismacolor Staedtler Viarco

Tempera

Watercolor

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