Who owns Arches?
Arches is owned by F.I.L.A. (Italy, BIT: FILA), which has owned the brand since 2 March 2020.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: F.I.L.A. Group Half-Year Report at June 30, 2026, F.I.L.A. S.p.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- F.I.L.A. - Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini S.p.A. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Pero
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France, Arches
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Writing instruments & office
- Parent ticker
- BIT: FILA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Arches
Arches is a French fine-art and printing paper brand made at a mill in Arches, in the Vosges. F.I.L.A. says it is the only manufacturer in France to use a cylinder mould for the whole process, with cotton as the raw material. F.I.L.A. bought the Arches fine-art business unit from the Ahlstrom-Munksjö group on 2 March 2020.
Ownership timeline of Arches
Where Arches sits in F.I.L.A.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by F.I.L.A.
F.I.L.A. controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 15 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- Canson (1557)
- Daler-Rowney (1783)
- Dixon
- Giotto (1925)
- Lukas (1862)
- Lyra (1806)
- Maimeri (1923)
- Pacon (1951)
- Pongo (1964)
- Prang (1882)
- Princeton (1992)
- Strathmore (1892)
- Ticonderoga (1913)
- Tratto
Other brands in writing instruments & office, and who owns them
F.I.L.A. has more brands in writing instruments & office on Brandtree than any other owner: 15 of 56.
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|---|---|---|
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| Flair | Flair | 🇮🇳 India |
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| LEGO | The LEGO Group | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| C3 | DOMS | 🇮🇳 India |
| Paper Mate | Newell Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: F.I.L.A.
F.I.L.A. is a publicly listed company headquartered in Pero, Italy, founded in 1920. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control, and it is listed as BIT: FILA.
Italian maker of pencils, crayons, modelling clay, art colours and fine-art paper, founded in Florence in 1920 and now registered in Pero, Milan. Its ordinary shares have traded on Euronext Milan (STAR segment) since 12 November 2015. The group grew by acquisition, buying Dixon Ticonderoga (2005), the Lyra group (2008), Daler-Rowney Lukas (2016), Canson (2016), the Pacon group (2018) and Arches (2020). It also holds 19.01% of the Indian stationery maker DOMS Industries, which it does not control and whose brands are not listed here.
🇫🇷 Arches and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 318 brands that began in France. 99 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Arches among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Arches?
The parent company of Arches is F.I.L.A., a publicly listed company headquartered in Italy.
Is Arches French or Italian?
Arches originated in France, but it is owned today by F.I.L.A., which is headquartered in Italy. So Arches is a French-origin brand under Italian ownership.
Since when has F.I.L.A. owned Arches?
F.I.L.A. has owned Arches since 2 March 2020.
Is Arches still owned by F.I.L.A.?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Arches is still owned by F.I.L.A. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] F.I.L.A. Group Half-Year Report at June 30, 2026 — F.I.L.A. S.p.A., Stock exchange filing; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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