What is Société Bic?
{{Infobox Company | company_name = Société Bic | company_logo = Bic logo.svg | company_type = [[S.A. (corporation)|Société Anonyme]] | foundation = [[Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine|Clichy]], [[France]] (1945) | location = Clichy, France | key_people = Bruno Bich (Chairman)<br>Mario Guevara ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]]) | industry = [[Final good|Consumer goods]] | products = [[Lighter]]s<br />[[Magnet]]s<br />[[Ballpoint pen]]s<br />[[Shaving]] [[razor]]s<br />paper products<br />[[List of water sports|watersports]] products | revenue = [[Euro|€]]1.5627{{nbsp}}billion (2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bicworld.com/img/pdf/BIC_2009RefDoc_01APR10_Int.pdf|accessdate=2014-03-10|title=Consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009. Notes to the consolidated financial statements. Auditor's opinion. Pages 34, 50, 52–53|publisher=BIC World|archive-date=2016-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313041619/http://bicworld.com/img/pdf/bic_2009refdoc_01apr10_int.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | company_slogan = | homepage = [http://www.bicworld.com/ www.bicworld.com] }} [[File:04-BICcristal2008-03-26.jpg|right|thumb|230px|A Bic Cristal pen]] '''Société Bic''', better known as just '''Bic''', is a [[Final good|Consumer goods]] company. Bic is known for their [[lighter]]s, [[ballpoint pen]]s, [[magnet]]s, [[shaving]] [[razors]], [[paper]] products, and [[List of water sports|watersports]] products. The company was created by Baron Marcel Bich in 1945. The first product that the company made was the Bic pen, known as the Bic Cristal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bicworld.com/en/bic-group/history/|accessdate=2014-03-10|title=History|publisher=BIC World}}</ref> In 1958, the company went public through a [[Reverse takeover|reverse merger]] with the [[Waterman pens|Waterman Pen Company]] in the [[United States]] and they later sold off the older operation.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,