Cross
Ballpoint and fountain pens sold as gifts and corporate awards, known for presidential bill-signing pens.
Status: Watchlist
- Founded
- 1846
- Website
- cross.com
- HQ
- USA
- Manufacturing
- China
- Ownership type
- PE-owned
- Parent
- Transom Capital Group
- Acquired
- 2017
- Status since
- 2026-10-30
Ownership
The listed A.T. Cross Company sold its pen business to New York private-equity firm Clarion Capital Partners around 2013 and kept its sunglasses unit. Transom Capital Group bought A.T. Cross from Clarion in November 2017.
Why Watchlist
Cross presents itself as a Rhode Island company founded in 1846. AP reported in 2016 that most Cross pens were made in China. Transom Capital Group has owned the company since 2017.
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