Società Anonima Fabbrica Italiana Stilografiche

The SAFIS origins have not been very clear for a long time and its place in the market with various brand names that refer to this company has been uncertain. But recent findings have found documentary references that a company with the name 'Società Anonima Pennini King", holder of the The King trademark, was founded in Turin, June 23, 1926, and further evidence shows that it was later forced to change its name in "Società Anonima Fabbrica Italiana Stilografiche", as a result of the pressure given by the policy of names Italianisation imposed by the fascist regime.