Tipp-ex has become so popular that it is now an English generalised trademark! We say to Tipp-ex or Tipp-ex out mistakes when sometimes the product we’re using isn’t even made by Tipp-ex! There really is no point however is choosing any other product than Tipp-ex, the quality just isn’t the same. With new products on the market like correction tape and rollers, it’s even easier than ever before to neatly erase those mistakes. Take a look at this brilliantly creative ad campaign by Tipp-Ex that in fact, illustrates how to Tipp-ex away actions even and also how the correction tape works! :)

I ordered seven bottles of Tipp-ex today, BIG mistake!

Did You Know?

• Tipp-Ex is the leading European correction products brand
• Tipp-Ex is the tenth most recognised German brand name in the world
• Tipp-Ex has been part of the BIC group, and a trademark for correction products since 1997

Take a look at the Tipp-ex Correction Tape featured to your right, one of the most advanced correction methods available from the brand.

• Second generation correction tape
• Superior tape quality giving better coverage
• Easy to use
• Instant rewrite
• 6mm wide
• 24% off!

Although Tipp-ex is a Bic brand, it was not invented by them. In fact Bette Nesmith Graham, the Mother of Michael Nesmith from the band ‘The Monkees’ was the inventor and originally called the product Mistake Out.

The Green Bit

As part of the Bic group, Tipp-Ex has always been committed to responsible business practices. Today, Bic are aware of the rising importance of sustainable development as an opportunity to reaffirm that commitment and the values that are the foundation of their identity. That’s why since 2003, Bic have been involved a complete sustainable development program.

BIC produces approximately 90 percent of its products in its own factories. The Group has 24 factories, 18 of which are in developed countries (IDH indicator). The BIC Group “Environment, Health and Safety” policy contains a simple, but far-reaching commitment to “Operate and maintain our facilities to prevent, or at least minimize, risks to the health and safety of our employees, subcontractors and surrounding communities”. Their ongoing efforts to fulfill this commitment guide their daily business.

Tipp-ex, one of the greatest wonders of the stationery world! Without it, our letters would be scruffy, our school work scribbled and those little pin marks in our paint work would be visible! But where did it come from and who on earth discovered it? Well it may surprise you to know that a woman named Bette Nesmith Graham who is the Mother of Michael Nesmith from the band ‘The Monkees’ was the inventor of our beloved Tipp-ex.

One afternoon in 1956, aware of her son’s talents and of his success to come, Ms Nesmith Graham decided that she’d quite like a bit of the lime light herself. Using her kitchen blender, she concocted her secret ingredients to create a product which would change our lives forever. Bette Nesmith Graham created a product which she named ‘Mistake Out’ and from there started up her own home business producing and selling the stuff. She later changed the products name to ‘Liquid Paper’. This invention helped Ms Nesmith Graham cover typing mistakes that she made as a secretary, and no doubt helped her son to cover his lyrical and musical mistakes too!

Well today the invention has progressed further into the fantastic and innovative concept we call correction tape, or correction tape rollers.  Feast your eyes on the Tipp-ex Pocket Mouse featured to your right.

• Disposable correction roller
• Fits comfortably in the palm of the hand
• Instantly dry tape
• 4.2mm width
• Tape length: 9 metres
• Packed 10

Free pack of pens features;

• Hexagonal transparent barrel for controlled, smooth and smudge-free writing
• Brass tip with tungsten carbide ball
• New finger comfort grip for extra comfort
• 1.0mm tip gives a line width of 0.4mm
• Offer available from Oct-Dec 2010

All available for just £23.73! That’s a generous 28% off the RRP!

The Green Bit

As part of the Bic group, Tipp-Ex has always been committed to responsible business practices. Today, Bic are aware of the rising importance of sustainable development as an opportunity to reaffirm that commitment and the values that are the foundation of their identity. That’s why since 2003, Bic have been involved a complete sustainable development program.

BIC produces approximately 90 percent of its products in its own factories. The Group has 24 factories, 18 of which are in developed countries (IDH indicator). The BIC Group “Environment, Health and Safety” policy contains a simple, but far-reaching commitment to “Operate and maintain our facilities to prevent, or at least minimize, risks to the health and safety of our employees, subcontractors and surrounding communities”. Their ongoing efforts to fulfil this commitment guide their daily business.

For 2006, the BIC Group quantified the direct emissions of greenhouse gases from its manufacturing plants. These emissions are Carbon Dioxide (CO2) resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels, primarily natural gas and fuel oil, by the manufacturing plants. These fuels are mainly used to heat buildings. The total amount of direct greenhouse gas emissions was estimated at 13 thousand tons of CO2 equivalent. The BIC Group has directed all BIC factories to establish an Environmental management System compliant with an internal Group standard. Individual factories are free to exceed this Group standard, where appropriate, as long as they maintain a focus on continuous improvement of environmental performance. ISO 14001 certification is not implemented in the whole Group but only for selected factories that have chosen this way of making progress. However, they do not promote nor forbid the usage of this certification.

All in all, reductions in hazardous waste, CO2 emissions, raw material usage, energy usage, water usage, non-hazardous waste, plus noise and odour have decreased to a minimum and will continue to do so for the life of the company.