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With the opening of the store, he started sales of nibs, ink and handwriting workbooks that were a hit among the college students, so that in 1876 he moved to the university city of Bonn. Due to the success of his style the company had expanded significantly, and in 1883 a  three floors home was built in [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppelsdorf Poppelsdorf], in the Bonn center, where approximately forty employees operates. In this same period, the company expanded in the writing instruments market, thanks to inventions like the loose-leaf notebook, and the paper drill. The [[Soennecken]] became one of the leading German manufacturers in the field of stationery, also extending its production to office furniture.  

With the opening of the store, he started sales of nibs, ink and handwriting workbooks that were a hit among the college students, so that in 1876 he moved to the university city of Bonn. Due to the success of his style the company had expanded significantly, and in 1883 a  three floors home was built in [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppelsdorf Poppelsdorf], in the Bonn center, where approximately forty employees operates. In this same period, the company expanded in the writing instruments market, thanks to inventions like the loose-leaf notebook, and the paper drill. The [[Soennecken]] became one of the leading German manufacturers in the field of stationery, also extending its production to office furniture.  

L'inizio della produzione di penne stilografiche non è noto con precisione, si sa però che queste compaiono già in un catalogo del 1890, insieme ad oltre altri 150 prodotti di cancelleria. Si tratta di modelli in ebanite con [[caricamento a contagocce]], caratterizzati da una riga di blocco per il cappuccio. La penna era caratterizzata dalla incisione ''F. Soennecken 554'' e disponibile in quattro misure (numerate da 3 a 6) e con pennini in oro prodotti dall'azienda stessa.

The start of  fountain pens production is not known precisely, but it is known that they were listed in a catalog of 1890, along with over 150 other stationery products. These models were hard rubber [[eyedropper]] pens, characterized by a lock line for the cap. These pens were characterized by the imprintimg ''F. Soennecken 554'' and were available in four sizes (numbered from 3 to 6) and equipped with the gold nib produced by the company.

[[Image:Soennecken-Catalog.jpg|thumb|Soennecken catalog|150px|left|Photos of a 1895 [[Soennecken]] catalog]]

[[Image:Soennecken-Catalog.jpg|thumb|Soennecken catalog|150px|left|Photos of a 1895 [[Soennecken]] catalog]]