Who owns Giotto?
Giotto is owned by F.I.L.A. (Italy, BIT: FILA).[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
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Pero
- Origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Founded
- 1925
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Writing instruments & office
- Parent ticker
- BIT: FILA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Giotto
Giotto is an Italian school and creativity brand that F.I.L.A. dates from 1925. Its range covers coloured crayons, wax crayons, oil crayons, chalks, markers, tempera and glues. In 2004 F.I.L.A. added Giotto be-bè, a colour line for children aged two to five, designed around safety and ease of use for small hands.
Ownership timeline of Giotto
Where Giotto 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
- Arches
- Canson (1557)
- Daler-Rowney (1783)
- Dixon
- 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.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Acroball | Pilot | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Dungeons & Dragons | Hasbro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| American Girl | Mattel | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Flair | Flair | 🇮🇳 India |
| Éxito | Ledesma | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| 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.
🇮🇹 Giotto and other Italian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 209 brands that began in Italy. 76 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Giotto is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Giotto?
The parent company of Giotto is F.I.L.A., a publicly listed company headquartered in Italy.
Is Giotto Italian?
Yes. Giotto originated in Italy in 1925 and its owner, F.I.L.A., is also headquartered in Italy.
Is Giotto still owned by F.I.L.A.?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Giotto 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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