Who owns Íntima?
Íntima is owned by La Fabril (Ecuador).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: La Fabril — Quiénes somos, La Fabril S.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- La Fabril S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- Origin
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Feminine care & incontinence › Feminine care
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Íntima
Íntima is the sanitary protection brand in La Fabril's personal care range, covering pads and pantyliners. It is one of the categories the company entered as it turned a fats and oils refinery into a broader consumer goods business, and it competes in Ecuador against the multinational brands that dominate feminine care across Latin America.
Ownership timeline of Íntima
Where Íntima sits in La Fabril
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by La Fabril
La Fabril controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Other brands in feminine care, and who owns them
The 25 brands in feminine care on Brandtree belong to 19 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: La Fabril
La Fabril is a privately held company headquartered in Ecuador, founded in 1935. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control.
La Fabril is an Ecuadorian manufacturer constituted in 1935 that began operating in 1968 under Carlos González-Artigas Díaz, and it now leads the country in fats, oils, oleochemicals, biofuels and cleaning and hygiene products. In 2002 it bought the La Favorita oils and fats factory from Unilever, brands included, which made it the largest edible oils and fats business in Ecuador. It calls itself "the industry of ideas" and has run its own oils and fats research centre since the 1990s; it says it was the first company in Latin America to fractionate palm kernel oil to make cocoa butter substitutes.
🇪🇨 Íntima and other Ecuadorian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 38 brands that began in Ecuador. 2 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Íntima is not one of them.
- Akí — Corporación Favorita 🇪🇨
- EP Petroecuador — Petroecuador 🇪🇨
- Fritz — Pronaca 🇪🇨
- Juris — Sigma Foods 🇲🇽
- LATAM Airlines Ecuador — LATAM 🇨🇱
- Bebemundo — Corporación Favorita 🇪🇨
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Íntima?
The parent company of Íntima is La Fabril, a privately held company headquartered in Ecuador.
Is Íntima Ecuadorian?
Yes. Íntima originated in Ecuador and its owner, La Fabril, is also headquartered in Ecuador.
Is Íntima still owned by La Fabril?
Yes. As of 24 September 2026, Íntima is still owned by La Fabril. 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] La Fabril — Quiénes somos — La Fabril S.A., Official document; retrieved 24 September 2026.
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