DIY kits are becoming more and more important to society.ġ984 - Crayola becomes a 100% subsidiary of Hallmark Cards.ġ987 - Crayola launches the washable markers and Crayola coloured pencils.ġ996 - The 100 billionth Crayola wax crayon leaves the production line in Easton, Pennsylvania. Crayola celebrates its 75th anniversary and launches the Crayola markers. Harold Smith take over Edwin's father's pigment business.ġ900 - The company began manufacturing slate pencils in its brand new Easton, Pennsylvania facility located in Bushkill Creek.ġ903 - The first box of Crayola crayons comes off the production line, it is sold for $0.05.ġ904 - Crayola wins a gold medal at the St Lou World Fair for his dust-free chalk.ġ958 - Launch of the 64-colour Crayola pencil box with integrated pencil sharpener.ġ978 - Binney & Smith goes public on June 19 in New York with the symbol: BYS.

This is achieved by applying state-of-the-art technology, offering products of unprecedented quality and guaranteeing a good price/quality ratio to meet consumer expectations.ġ885 - The story begins when cousins Edwin Binney and C. Binney & Smith has quickly become the leading manufacturer of creative leisure products. Over the past century, the company has grown rapidly, far exceeding the expectations of its founders. Since its creation, Binney & Smith has always been a company whose main activity has been colour. In 2003, Crayola built a huge chalk, 4.5 m long and weighing 700 kg. They introduced markers in 1978, coloured pencils in 1987, and a box of 120 colours in 1998. After the Second World War, Crayola introduced a box of 48 colours and a box of 64 colours. The original box contains eight colours (blue, green, red, red, yellow, black, brown, orange and purple). Their chalk is the first not to be toxic and the first to have bright colours4.

By 1903, they had begun to produce wax crayons. The company won gold medals in Paris and Saint-Louis at the Universal Expositions2,3. The original company, Binney and Smith, was founded by Edwin Binney and C. Crayola is an American company of the Hallmark Cards group specialized in the creation of wax crayons.

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