Sakura product brands such as Pigma® Micron® fine line pens, Gelly Roll® pigmented roller pens & Solid™ Markers are widely used across many markets and industries including: the school art supplies, office products, stationery, college bookstore, scrapbooking, fine arts, industrial, construction, and auto distribution markets.

Sakura initially started as a crayon company in 1921. Disappointed that traditional crayon colors didn't mix or overlay well, the innovative founders of Sakura began to experiment with different formulations to create an ideal stick drawing material. By 1924, Sakura invented the first-ever oil pastel that combined oil and pigment and named it Cray-Pas, a combination of the two words crayon and pastel.