Ferst increased his sales ability by adding advertising (such as customer names) and commemorative memorabilia to his product line.

In 1939, the company produced bat shaped mechanical pencils to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of baseball.

Under Carmichael, the company became an international business and was the largest producer of writing instruments in the world.

[5] During this time the company would go on to have production centers in Australia, Canada, England, and Southern Rhodesia.

[10] The ICWU called for a strike on November 27, 1964 claiming that Scripto's offer for a raise was discriminatory.

[3][1] In December, James V. Carmichael negotiated with the union while King spent two days with the strikers.

[1] Vivian worked to form an alliance of the union and civil rights groups that he thought would help the strikers reach their demands.

[10] King walked the picket line with them on December 19 and addressed a rally of 250 strikers at Ebenezer Baptist Church on the 20th stating the SCLC was prepared to move forward with a boycott.

Although racial tensions eased at the plant some Atlanta leaders who had been somewhat sympathetic to King before the strike became less so after the boycott threats.

[10] Later in 1965, Carl Singer was brought on as president of the company to oversee a reorganization and a change in direction.

[11] In 1973, Scripto stopped being an independent entity when it was acquired by the British firm Wilkinson Sword which was trying to diversify its interests.

[12] The next year, the company began a partnership with the Japanese firm of Tokai-Seiki to sell disposable lighters.

[14] At the same time, the company's Anja subsidiary built a new facility in Rancho Cucamonga and moved all of its staff there from Monrovia, California.

To avoid a costly patent fight the two companies agreed to share their formulas with each other on Valentine's Day of that year.

[7] Other writing products included the Pussycat, Feathertone, Satellite, Prestige, Escort, Action, T210, K780, and the K21 pens.

The court decided that the company was liable for collecting use tax in Florida even though it did not have facilities or employees in the state.

[21][22] In 2003, Scripto was sued in Illinois court after the death of Jillian Calles, aged 3, when a fire was started by a sibling using the Aim N Flame lighter.