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> whilst they tend to make the bulk of the ballpoint pens they still have to buy the balls form German and Swiss manufacturers. They fixed this problem by 2017
by Qem 4y ago
> whilst they tend to make the bulk of the ballpoint pens they still have to buy the balls form German and Swiss manufacturers.
They fixed this problem by 2017:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/01/18/finally-china-manufactures-a-ballpoint-pen-all-by-itself/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/01/18...
- rvba 4y agoI wonder if they reinvented it, bought the research or used spies. The article only says that it took some research facility 5 years.