Who owns Atlas?
Atlas is owned by Hemas (Sri Lanka, CSE: HHL.N0000).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Hemas Holdings PLC Annual Report 2025/26. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hemas Holdings PLC reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, Colombo
- Origin
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Writing instruments & office
- Parent ticker
- CSE: HHL.N0000
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Atlas
Atlas is the market-leading school stationery brand in Sri Lanka, made by the Hemas subsidiary Atlas Axillia and sold in more than 70,000 outlets. It covers exercise books, pens, pencils and colouring products, as well as school bags, water bottles and PlayPalz educational toys launched in 2024. Hemas says the brand has 60 years of heritage, and its volumes grew 6.1 per cent in the year to March 2026 as primary schools moved to activity-based learning.
Ownership timeline of Atlas
Where Atlas sits in Hemas
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Hemas
Hemas controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- Diva (2003)
Other brands in writing instruments & office, and who owns them
The 69 brands in writing instruments & office on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is F.I.L.A., with 15.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arches | F.I.L.A. | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Acroball | Pilot | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Dungeons & Dragons | Hasbro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| American Girl | Mattel | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Creepy Crawlers | JAKKS Pacific | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Flair | Flair | 🇮🇳 India |
| Éxito | Ledesma | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Colokit | Thien Long Group | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
About the owner: Hemas
Hemas is a publicly listed company headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, founded in 1948. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as CSE: HHL.N0000.
Hemas Holdings is a Colombo group incorporated in 1948 that works in three sectors: consumer brands, healthcare and mobility. Consumer brands earned 36.9 per cent of group revenue in the year to 31 March 2026, from household and personal care products made by Hemas Manufacturing, a hair oil business in Bangladesh and Atlas school stationery, and Hemas has proposed buying a stationery maker in Kenya. Healthcare covers pharmaceutical distribution, the drug maker Morison and hospitals. No shareholder controls the company: its four largest each held between 14.8 and 15.7 per cent.
🇱🇰 Atlas and other Sri Lankan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 60 brands that began in Sri Lanka. 1 of them (2%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Atlas is not one of them.
- Ambewela — Lanka Milk Foods 🇱🇰
- Bison — DCSL 🇱🇰
- Cargills Food City — Cargills 🇱🇰
- Causeway Paints — Asian Paints 🇮🇳
- Cinnamon Air — Saffron Aviation 🇱🇰
- Daintee — Sunshine Holdings 🇱🇰
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Atlas?
The parent company of Atlas is Hemas, a publicly listed company headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Atlas Sri Lankan?
Yes. Atlas originated in Sri Lanka and its owner, Hemas, is also headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Atlas still owned by Hemas?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Atlas is still owned by Hemas. 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] Hemas Holdings PLC Annual Report 2025/26 — Hemas Holdings PLC, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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