It is hard to discern if this is an uplifting story, or a rather depressing story about regaining lost basic manufacturing process skills. Any and all countries should be able to make basic and essential things.
Wealth is the stuff - in this case pens. Money is what you get in exchange.
Society gets more pens with less human effort required - that's a win, and has nothing to do with money.
Money (increased profits, share price, etc) is what happens when you create the more stuff with less effort that society gets.
Money is how we keep track of how much net wealth (stuff) someone or some company has created for society.