| Type | Public (BSE: 523207) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Stationery |
| Founded | 1931 [1] |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| Area served | South Asia |
| Key people | Dilip D. Dandekar (Chairman & Managing Director) [1] |
| Products | art materials, writing instruments, office products |
| Website | camlin.com |
Camlin Ltd. (Hindi: कैम्लिन लिमिटेड) is an Indian stationery company based in Mumbai, India. Camlin manufactures art materials, marker pens, fountain pens, inks, pencils, and other stationery products. The company is well-known for its "Camel" fountain pen ink and "Camlin" fountain pens in India.
Camlin started operations as "Dandekar & Co." with "Horse Brand" Ink powders and tablets in 1931, and shortly started producing "Camel ink" for fountain pens. It was incorporated as a private company in 1946, and was converted into a public limited company in 1988.
In May 2011[2], Japanese stationery major Kokuyo S&T, recently acquired a 50.74 per cent stake in Camlin and the firm is in the process of being renamed as Kokuyo Camlin Ltd. [3][4]
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