They are designed in the UK and made in a combination of factories in Taiwan and Germany. I have never seen the advantage of making them in the UK, apart from a marketing angle. The kit bushes for all our kits are made in the UK, and we've had kit prototypes made in the UK in the past by more than one factory. However, it's a more expensive process, meaning that really quite basic and simple kits that should retail for less than a tenner would have to sell for maybe twice that, and it makes plating very expensive too. It makes much more economic sense and much, much better value for money for pen makers if we go to Taiwan and Germany for the components.
