Société Bic (pronounced "Bick" in English) (Euronext: BB) is a company based in Clichy, France,[2] founded in 1945, by Baron Marcel Bich known for making disposable products including lighters, magnets, ballpoint pens, shaving razors and watersports products. It competes in most markets against Faber-Castell, Global Gillette, Newell Rubbermaid and Schwan-Stabilo. The Bic pen, more correctly the Bic Cristal, was the company's first product and 50 years later is still synonymous with the name Bic.[3][4]