Kokuyo Camlin Ltd., formerly known as "Camlin Ltd.", is an Indian Multinational

stationery Stationery refers to commercially manufactured writing materials, including cut paper, envelopes, writing implements, continuous form paper, and other office supplies. Stationery includes materials to be written on by hand (e.g., letter paper) ...

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based in

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. The company shares profits with of

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, which holds around 51% stake in Kokuyo Camlin after buying it in 2012.Japan's Kokuyo to buy Camlin in Rs366cr deal
on ''The Times on India'', 31 May 2011 The company commercialises a wide range of products related to

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s and office goods.

History

Camlin was established in 1931 by D. P. Dandekar and his brother G. P. Dandekar, starting 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

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in 1946, and then turned into a

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in 1998. In May 2012,

ese stationery major, "Kokuyo Co. Ltd", acquired a 50.74% stake in Camlin, the leading Indian manufacturer by then. Kokuyo paid 366

crore A crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is e ...

for the acquisition. Dilip Dandekar continued as chairman and managing director of the company. The deal intended to facilitate the entry of Kokuyo products, mainly paper and office stationery into the Indian market. On the other hand, Camlin aimed to increase its exports to other countries. At the moment of the deal, Camlin had more than 2,000 products, mainly pencils, pastels, inks and markers. Also, Kokuyo retained the Camlin and Camel brands.Japan's Kokuyo to buy majority stake in Camlin
by Arijit Barman & Viveat Susan Pinto on ''Business Standard'', 2 May 2011 That stake then would go up to 74.99% including a very small less than 1 percent stake of Dandekar family.

Products

Kokuyo Camlin's range of products include:
on Kokuyo Camlin website, 24 Nov 2019

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