Clipper (lighter)

{{Short description|Refillable butane lighter brand}}

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Clipper is the brand name of a type of refillable butane lighter, designed by Enric Sardà and owned by Flamagas S.A.{{cite web |url=http://www.flamagas.com/ |title=Flamagas S.a. |accessdate=2010-11-25 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129173931/http://www.flamagas.com/ |archivedate=2011-01-29 }} since 1959.

The lighters are mostly produced in Barcelona, with others manufactured in Chennai and Shanghai.{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720154503/http://www.clipper.eu/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D14%26Itemid%3D47%26limit%3D27|title=Clipper home page - ¿Donde Estamos?|accessdate=5 May 2024}} Clipper has a wide range of lighters, gas refills and other accessories. The first Clipper lighter was made in 1972, and global production is now around 450 million units a year, making it the second-largest lighter manufacturer in the world, behind BIC. {{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}

The Clipper brand is a division of Flamagas S.A.,{{cite web |url=http://www.flamagas.com/eng/encendedores.htm |title=Flamagas S.a | Lighters |accessdate=2010-11-25 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711005056/http://www.flamagas.com/eng/encendedores.htm |archivedate=2011-07-11 }} which also distributes stationery and electronics for such brands as Casio and Daewoo.{{cite web |url=http://www.flamagas.com/eng/areas_negocio.htm |title=FLAMAGAS S.A. | Business area |accessdate=2016-05-13 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525204256/http://www.flamagas.com/eng/areas_negocio.htm |archivedate=2016-05-25 }} Flamagas S.A. is headed by Puig, and both companies are subsidiaries of the Exea Corporation.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=23183592|website=www.bloomberg.com|title=Flamagas SA - Company Profile and News}}{{cite web |url=http://www.flamagas.com/eng/corp_exea.htm |title=Flamagas S.a. | Exea Corporation |accessdate=2016-05-13 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515035553/http://www.flamagas.com/eng/corp_exea.htm |archivedate=2016-05-15 }}