That's why cars ended up with cigarette lighters and ashtrays crammed in every door, and why bonkers accessories like the Ronson Robot-Liter exist. The Ronson Robot-Liter was the perfect accessory ...

Today, century-old cigarette lighters are rare and expensive. Ronson was founded in 1886 in New Jersey as Art Metal Works. Pist-o-liter and Wonderlite are two of their most collectible early models.

Factory Design has created a range of cigarette lighters for manufacturer Ronson, which are scheduled for launch in about a month’s time. Called the R-Range, they form part of a wider design project ...

Ronson, which owns Varaflame, Piezo and Triumph lighters, has struggled for more than a decade. In a sequence of rescues and setbacks, it has been run by the funeral millionaire Howard Hodgson and ...