The Pilot Pen Company: Pilot G2 Gel Pen Gel Ink

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Pilot G2 gel pens are very popular for all types of use, from jotting down an ingredient on a shopping list to creating a black and white masterpiece. The Pilot G2 is ergonomically designed for comfortable use and with their new "Dynamic Gel Ink Formula," the ink decreases the amount of smudging and increases the fluidity of the pen. However, curiosity sparks and asks, "What secrets lie behind one of the best-selling gel pens in America? What is in the gel?" Pilot, as a company, is economically friendly and the gel in the pens has friendly ingredients.
The gel from Pilot G2 gel pens is made of friendly chemical products. "Gel ink is a fusion of the best properties of ball point ink which is oil based and water based ink featured in rolling ball pens," writes Holly Houser, a consumer advisor from the Pilot Pen Company. Houser explains that the gel ink is acid free and archival safe, or chemically stable. The gel ink is made of nontoxic products and friendly to the environment. If the gel ink was thrown away, the chemicals in the ink would not leach into the groundwater, as it is insoluble, preventing pollution. From what she writes, she cannot divulge the specific ingredients of the gel ink. However, Houser includes in her response that there is a unique "special ink additive" which lets the pen glide as it is writing. From the data, there are no hazardous chemicals in the gel ink.
The gel ink in the Pilot G2 gel pens is handled by workers working in good conditions. It is manufactured and processed through the Pilot Pen Corporation of America, the American branch of the Japanese company. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida and was established in 1972. There is room for the workers to freely move around and it i...

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...rom recycled bottles and they use the same refills as the Pilot G2. The Pilot Pen Company has good intentions and brilliant ideas to save money and our environment, one pen at a time.

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