The family company, based in Lyon since 1948 and created by Henri Janin, moved to Bellegarde in 1962 (small city near to the Swiss border of Geneva). At this time, the company specialised in the manufacture of percussion musical accessories such as drumsticks.

In 1984, the brand is launched by Gilbert Janin in answer to a constantly increasing demand for quality drumsticks.

Thanks to the know-how of Gilbert Janin and also Philippe Lalite (executive founder of "la Baguetterie" and marketing maker) proorca immediately gets well known artists.

As from 1991, Gilbert Janin invests in a more productive equipment together with his wife Lucette, his daughter Séverine and his son Frédéric to enter the international market with the famous new models of drumsticks called "new line" series.

Under the impulse control of his new manager Frédéric Janin, the brand meets a constant and incredible increase in foreign countries positioning proorca as the first european drumsticks maker.