Over the years, and throughout the acquisition of other companies, Hunt expanded its range of product to stationery, office supplies, and even furniture.

After a major restructuring in 1997, Hunt changed its name to Speedball, originally a brand of pen launched by the company in 1915.

[1] Speedball currently produces and markets a wide range of products that include printmaking, writing implements and art materials.

Two years later, the Hunt company partnered with George, releasing the Speedball A-series dip nib.

They manufactured each of the above nibs in different sizes and published the Speedball Text Book, a periodical manual written by George which contained updated samples of numerous lettering artists' work, including Ross' past instructor William Hugh Gordon.

In 1942, regulations on stainless steel stopped production of pencil sharpeners and specialty metal items.

[2] In 1957, the factory moved from Camden to Statesville, North Carolina, while the offices were relocated in Pennsauken, NJ in 1963 and then to Philadelphia in 1965. Notable events during those years include the company's arranging for the immigration of expert pen makers from England, and its sponsorship of sports teams in Camden's amateur and industrial leagues.

[6] On 14 November 1997, the company CEO, Walt Glazer,[7] led a buy-out of the Speedball division during a major restructuring of the Hunt Corporation.

In the 1940s Speedball introduced the 'Flicker' Series of pens in the B style designated FB, named for the brass reservoir that flicks open for easy cleaning.

Hunt pens were the choice of Walt Simonson, Dale Keown, Bob McLeod, Kevin Nowlan, Bill Sienkiewicz, Joe Sinnott, Mark Morales and Andy Lanning (#102 model), George Pérez (#100), Mike DeCarlo (#103), Drew Geraci (#22) and Joe Rubinstein (#100, 103).

[20] In House Industries Lettering Manual, Ken Barber calls out the Speedball pens as personal favorites.