 The company commercialises a wide range of products related to art materials, writing implements and office goods.Camlin was established and run by the Dandekar family, 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 private company in 1946, and then turned into a public limited company in 1998.