In 1998 Giovanni Santini, who owned a pen store in Turin that sold new and vintage pens, assumed control of the company. He worked as a pen repairman and knew the ins and outs of how pens were made. Ancora pens are handmade in its workshop located about 50 km south of Milan, still keeping the whole manufacturing process firmly in-house.
Throughout the late decades of the company’s history its focus shifted towards rare and notable materials used in the pens’ construction, with the lineup now including some of the rarest and most exquisite pens made using marble, volcanic stone, wood and diamonds.
Today Ancora is independent family owned company with limited production of pens, which allows company to keep high standards of exclusivity and quality. Each new model makes people to fall in love with its pens. Ancora pens are expensive, due to investment in quality and uniqueness of product.