Who owns Elan?
Elan is owned by Farsons (Malta, MSE: SFC).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Simonds Farsons Cisk p.l.c. Annual Report for the year ended 31 January 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Simonds Farsons Cisk p.l.c. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇲🇹 Malta, Birkirkara
- Origin
- 🇲🇹 Malta
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Bottled water
- Parent ticker
- MSE: SFC
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Elan
Elan is the sparkling water Farsons sells alongside the still San Michel. It had been sold mainly in a 1.5-litre bottle, and during the year to January 2026 the company added a 500ml PET bottle to reach retail and on-the-go drinkers, one of several format changes made across the water portfolio in a year when bottled water demand in Malta grew but pricing came under pressure.
Ownership timeline of Elan
Where Elan sits in Farsons
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Farsons
Farsons controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Cisk (1929)
- EcoPure (1995)
- Farsons Blue Label
- Farsons Green Hop IPA
- Hopleaf Pale Ale
- Kinnie (1952)
- Red Mill Brewing Co. (2023)
- San Michel
- Soltoro
Other brands in bottled water, and who owns them
The 123 brands in bottled water on Brandtree belong to 74 owners. The largest is Spadel, with 5; Farsons has 3.
About the owner: Farsons
Farsons is a publicly listed company headquartered in Birkirkara, Malta, founded in 1928. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as MSE: SFC.
Farsons is Malta's brewer and soft drinks bottler, and traces its origins to 1928, when L. Farrugia & Sons built a brewery in Hamrun and launched Farsons Pale Ale on 19 April. It merged with the British brewer H & G Simonds a year later and with the Malta Export Brewery, makers of Cisk, in 1948, which gave the company the three-part name it still carries. It was the first private-sector company to list on the Malta Stock Exchange, in 1995. In the year to 31 January 2026 it spun off its food business — Quintano Foods and the Maltese Pizza Hut, Burger King and KFC franchises — as Quinco Holdings p.l.c., distributed to its own shareholders as a dividend in kind and separately listed in October 2025, which the company describes as returning it to its original roots as a brewer, bottler and importer of beverages. Turnover from continuing operations was €106.5 million.
🇲🇹 Elan and other Maltese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 17 brands that began in Malta. 5 of them (29%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Elan is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Elan?
The parent company of Elan is Farsons, a publicly listed company headquartered in Malta.
Is Elan Maltese?
Yes. Elan originated in Malta and its owner, Farsons, is also headquartered in Malta.
Is Elan still owned by Farsons?
Yes. As of 18 September 2026, Elan is still owned by Farsons. 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] Simonds Farsons Cisk p.l.c. Annual Report for the year ended 31 January 2026 — Simonds Farsons Cisk p.l.c., Annual report; retrieved 18 September 2026.
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