Who owns elis?
elis is owned by Daio Paper (Japan, TSE: 3880).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Daio Paper Group Integrated Report 2025, Daio Paper Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Daio Paper Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Feminine care & incontinence › Feminine care
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 3880
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About elis
elis is the feminine care brand of Daio Paper, covering sanitary pads and period shorts. The company says it began making sanitary pads in 1982, and in May 2025 it launched elis shorts Nude pants alongside existing black shorts. It also sells elis in China under the Dawang name, where its Integrated Report says feminine care products have been expanding since the company entered that market.
Ownership timeline of elis
- Current owner Daio Paper [1] reported
Where elis sits in Daio Paper
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Daio Paper
Daio Paper controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Other brands in feminine care, and who owns them
The 24 brands in feminine care on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is Procter & Gamble, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Always | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Carefree | Kenvue | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Kotex | Kimberly-Clark | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Absolute | Kino Indonesia | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Femina | Square Toiletries | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
| Savlon Freedom | ACI Limited | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
| Chilly | Bolton Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Mia | CMPC | 🇨🇱 Chile |
About the owner: Daio Paper
Daio Paper is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1943. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 3880.
Daio Paper is a Japanese paper manufacturer whose Integrated Report 2025 lists newsprint, printing paper, paperboard and pulp alongside household paper, disposable baby and adult diapers and sanitary pads. Its Tokyo headquarters is in Chiyoda-ku and its Shikoku headquarters in Shikokuchuo City, Ehime. The report shows Hokuetsu Corporation as its largest shareholder with 24.8% of shares.
🇯🇵 elis and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; elis is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of elis?
The parent company of elis is Daio Paper, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is elis Japanese?
Yes. elis originated in Japan and its owner, Daio Paper, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is elis still owned by Daio Paper?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, elis is still owned by Daio Paper. 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] Daio Paper Group Integrated Report 2025 — Daio Paper Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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