Mysore, Mar 10 (UNI) The State owned Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited, specialist in the manufacture of indelible ink, shipped a consignment to Cambodia where a general elections were due next month.

Company Chairman Ravishankar told UNI that the Company has yet again made a mark for itself and established its reputation as a leading manufacture of indelible ink among other chemicals and paint based products.

The Company has dispatched 29,856 bottles to the Cambodia and earned Rs 1.28 crore as revenue. Only just 15 days back the company had dispatched the indelible ink to the Uttar Pradesh where the assembly elections due. The company was the only one of its kind in the country to manufacture indelible ink. It was used during the general elections in the country to make a mark on the fingers of the voters.

The indelible ink was manufactured by using a special chemical combination formulated by the National Physical Laboratory. The factory was established in 1937 by Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar and become a public sector undertaking after independence and specialists in the manufactures of polish and thinners apart from primers. The indelible ink also been supplied to Afghanistan, South Africa, Nigeria, Canada and Ghana, he added.

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