The Cross company was founded in 1846 in Providence, Rhode Island. It initially manufactured gold and silver casings for pencils, reflecting the Cross family's history as jewelers. The company was founded by Richard Cross, who passed it on to his son, Alonzo T. Cross.
The company developed many innovative new writing instruments, including forerunners of the modern mechanical pencils, and the earliest stylographic pens. In the 1960s, the company moved its headquarters to a large facility (about 155,000 square feet) in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
After trading on the Nasdaq for five years (under the now-defunct symbol ATX), the company was sold in 2013 to Clarion Capital Partners, LLC, but it retained its headquarters in Lincoln, Rhode
Island.
The Sheaffer pen company was acquired by A.T. Cross in 2014.
In May 2016, with its headquarters in Lincoln becoming too large, the company accepted a set of tax credits and incentives in exchange for moving its headquarters to Providence, Rhode Island. The new headquarters, measuring about 4200 square feet, is located at The Foundry, the former Brown and Sharpe Manufactering Company Complex at 299 Promenade Street in Providence. Most employees
were moved to the new location by October 2016.
On November 16, 2017, Transom Capital Group, LLC announced that it had bought the assets of
A.T. Cross Company.
Cross has been an official supplier of pens to the White House since at least the 1970s. The pens used to sign legislation are often given out as souvenirs to those who attend the bill signings.
Presidential pens
President Joe Biden signs his first executive order upon taking office with a black Cross Century II Rollerball
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