More and more work steps that were previously carried out manually are being made easier with machines.
The leads fired from a mixture of graphite and clay are glued in to a wooden board, a second board is placed over it and then the boards are cut into individual pencils.
The workers saw the blocks of wood into small boards. Grooves are planed into each board to hold the pencil leads.
More and more work steps that were previously carried out manually are being made easier with machines.
Sharpening is also carried out mechanically.
The pencils are still stamped by women.