Sprout World
Sprout World is a Danish company that develops sustainable and plantable writing tools. The company was established in 2013 by Danish entrepreneur Michael Stausholm.
The company's main product is the Sprout Pencil,[1][2][3] which was originally invented by three students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston.[4]
Sprout is commercially successful in Denmark[5] and a number of other European countries including Northern America. Today, the company sells the Sprout pencils in more than 80 different countries.
Currently, Sprout has offices in Denmark and the US.
References
[edit]- ^ "New pencil sprouts in shops". The Copenhagen Post.
- ^ Parija Kavilanz (4 November 2015). "These pencils sprout into vegetables, herbs and flowering plants". CNNMoney.
- ^ Matt McFarland (5 November 2015). "The pencil that you can plant in your garden". Washington Post.
- ^ "Flavors of Sprout". Kickstarter.
- ^ "Tænk, hvis din blyant kunne vokse..." (in Danish). Finans.dk. 25 March 2013.